We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Sophos XG 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 most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"Single sign-on is also good. If you are accessing your corporate firewall from your home, during that time there is integration with AD. You can use your AD password to access your SSL VPN. It's not like if you buy an additional SSL VPN... You can directly integrate with your AD. If you change your password on the AD side, your client-to-VPN password also gets changed. You can integrate all your passwords from a single console. It's not like admin has to change your password, it's a single sign-on."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"Most people are using enterprise applications remotely, and there is no license for SSL VPN, or in other words point-to-site. There is no limit on that. On other devices there is a specific limit and you have to pay per use for SSL VPN."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"Sophos is a comrehensive solution which allows me to configure all the attendant products, such as Sophos' firewall, Endpoint and Encryption features."
"What I have found most valuable with the Sophos XG is it's a key component of the Intercept X EDR environment. You have to have it to receive the full benefit. If you've you are using Sophos SG firewalls, they're great firewalls and in many ways, I prefer them to the Sophos XG. Since I have set them up, programmed them, and manipulate firewall rules, et cetera, the Sophos SG's a better interface. However, the Sophos XG's very powerful. I prefer it over other solutions I have used, such as Cisco Meraki and SupportNet, I don't like them. They're not very friendly to people who have to set them up and implement them."
"We are able to trace any user and pinpoint any vulnerability or any malicious software. We are able to synchronize between the local and active directories so we can catch users easily through their login names and IDs."
"I like the fact that it can self remove malware and do updates on the cloud via Sophos Central."
"Sophos XG's price is right, and it's easy to manage. It's a good fit for our current needs at the moment."
"The most valuable is the synchronized security between Sophos XG and Sophos endpoint because it provides a lot of visibility about unknown applications. The endpoint shares the information of unknown applications, and you can learn about those applications and create policies to allow or block those applications."
"It is very easy to use. You can configure and monitor everything from one unique dashboard."
"Sophos is easy to use."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The price could be better."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"The analytics are weak."
"The usability for the administrator's experience needs improvement. My system administrator has some questions about its overall connectivity and flexibility."
"They made some changes to the firmware update sometime last year, which moved some of the policies from where they were before. Some of the policies, such as NAS policies, were separated, which made it a bit hard for people to trace the policies they had configured."
"The SD-WAN could be improved."
"Even though things work on the back end, we have encountered bugs in the solution."
"Sophos XG could improve by coming out with more innovative feature developments."
"When upgrading the firewalls, the process could be easier."
"The solution could be improved if it offered more documentation or at least provided more information about the products themselves."
"The pricing has gotten much higher."
"Support could be improved."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Azure Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall and Meraki MX, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos XG report.
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