We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Sophos XGS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is straightforward."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"The dashboards are a good feature."
"Initial setup is very straightforward with a wizard, if needed."
"The product can scale."
"Primarily, the VPN solution is most valuable. It allows you to have more flexibility in terms of what is there on the end-user device, and what is not there. You can check and make sure that they're current. It has more flexibility than just a straight VPN solution. It works really well. It has the features that 99% of people need."
"There is an interesting possibility of building a tunnel to a firewall from access points. We use this feature for small branch offices with one to two employees with access to central RDP servers."
"The support is good. We don't have any issues with the technical support."
"Web filtering and the IPS functionality."
"The platform has a good user interface."
"In this solution, the most valuable feature is that it's a security device. Maintaining security is very valuable for us. The other feature that we did not find in other products is that it works well with thin client environments."
"Sophos XGS's best features are its VPN and ATPR1 cert protection."
"All the features are valuable, in my opinion, but for us the most important features are the network security, application control, and web server protection. Sophos Sandstorm is another good feature off the top of my head."
"The feature that I find most valuable is the synchronized security option where the endpoint talks to the firewall."
"The solution is stable."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The product was easy for us to install."
"The solution is scalable."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"There are certain GUI features that should be present but are not."
"They should keep us up to date about the latest version. That's the biggest thing. Currently, we have to go looking for the latest version. We should get notified about what's going on with the versions. I would like to see easier dual-factor authentication."
"Improvements are needed for the responsive UI and JIT traffic reporting."
"One thing that can be better is added automation. And, on top of that, enhanced security when it comes to the automation itself."
"It is a very good product, and it is good at standing by itself. It can maybe have a little bit of integration with other products, but it is not that important for most use cases."
"The key activation is very complicated at times."
"Their offering for MFA isn't the cleanest."
"The product has issues with integration. I would like to see better integration in future releases of the product."
"In future releases, this solution could have more graphical elements on the dashboard to make it easier to understand."
"It would be useful if Sophos XGS included DDNS-based features."
"Sophos XGS could improve by having a Network Access Control(NAC). This feature is a basic function in other firewalls and should be added, such as Palo Alto."
"The solution could improve inspection processes and troubleshooting for VPNs because this area is very weak."
"The support team are helpful when you eventually get hold of them which takes a long time. They can improve how quickly you get technical support."
"There can be lag time when updating an operating policy."
"Having previously worked with the Astaro Security Gateway platform (now called Sophos UTM), I can attest that the configuration and dashboard for this older platform was easier to manage than that of both Sophos XG and XGS. If it were up to me, I would prefer to go back to the older SG dashboard."
"The stability could be a bit better."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Sangfor NGAF. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Sophos XGS report.
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