We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, and Sophos XG based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The performance and functionality are good."
"pfSense helped us during COVID-19 because we used OpenVPN to connect from home."
"We like the fact that the product is open-source. It's free to use. There are no costs associated with it."
"Is good at blocking IP addresses."
"It is easy to use and has integrity with other systems, such as proxies and quality of service."
"The concurrent users are perfect for us."
"I handle the scanning for the finance department. I recently encountered an issue with the PCL bills, our company bills. I resolved the matter, cleared the bill, and received calls regarding it using pfsense.The user interface is extremely user-friendly, which is why we use it across various plant sites. Our IT representatives at the plants find it easy to use and manage because of its straightforward interface."
"A very stable product that lasts over time, easy to understand, and administer."
"The solution is more cost-effective than FortiGate, Cisco and Palo Alto, which have very expensive licenses."
"We find it easy to use. Its internal configuration is very easy. It is not complicated in terms of use and configuration. It has been fairly stable, and it is also scalable."
"The user interface is very good. It's already quite simple and easy to use."
"In my experience, the solution was easy to use, has lots of features, and is easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is the VPN aspect."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XG are user-friendliness and it is highly secure."
"What we found valuable is the way they deal with emails, as well as the way the bandwidth usage is shown."
"The solution is scalable."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"There could be a way to remote to it through a mobile app. You can always browse through your browser on your mobile phone or tablet, but it would be good to have a dedicated app. I understand that iOS and Android developers are expensive, but there should be a mobile app."
"ClamAV AntiVirus can cause some crashes. That service should be improved."
"In an upcoming release, the reporting could be more user-friendly. For example, the reporting in graphs and charts for the host can be cumbersome."
"It would be great to add more to security."
"The integration should be improved."
"A malware blocker should be included. I do not know if it is included yet. However, until now, we have not experienced a large malware invasion."
"The VPN feature of the solution could improve by adding better functionality and providing easier configure ability."
"The hotspot and the portal feature in this solution are not stable for WiFi access. We use it at least once or twice every day and it crashes. Some modules can be better by improving detection and having new updates. Additionally, we have some issues with clustering and load balancing that could improve."
"The solution could be improved if it offered more documentation or at least provided more information about the products themselves."
"For the moment, managing the Sophos interface is a little bit challenging."
"The support service level agreement in regard to the amount of time needed to upgrade things is too low. It should be higher."
"The price should be cheaper."
"We are having challenges when using Zoom with Sophos XG deployed."
"Could have a more simplified functionality for users."
"The solution could improve by making the graphical interface better and increasing the performance."
"We recently did an upgrade on the Sophos XG firmware and we were surprised that after the upgrade, the automatic switch actually we were using did not work anymore."