We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Sophos XG based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is notable for its cutting-edge threat prevention, centralized administration, and focus on safeguarding cloud environments. Sophos XG is highly regarded for its robust capabilities, user-friendly interface, and extensive defense against harmful threats.
Check Point CloudGuard Network Security could benefit from enhancements in the support system, feature additions, data protection visibility, DLP feature, configuration process, integration, documentation, and flexibility. Sophos XG requires improvements in antivirus, graphical interface, performance, logging, support, setup process, configuration, functionality, sales policies, firewall upgrades, network monitoring, content filtering, GDPR features, search engine, stability, user-friendliness, firmware upgrades, and remote access.
Service and Support: Some customers appreciate Check Point's technical support, while others are dissatisfied with the slow response time. Sophos XG's support receives mixed reviews, with some customers finding it helpful and responsive, while others express dissatisfaction with unhelpful and unresponsive assistance.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is described as straightforward and uncomplicated, although some users note that it can be challenging and necessitates technical proficiency. Sophos XG's initial setup is generally considered simple and straightforward, although certain users find it difficult or extremely challenging. The ease of setup is influenced by factors such as familiarity with the product and technical expertise.
Pricing: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is considered costly for setup, whereas Sophos XG provides flexible pricing based on functionality. Check Point's pricing varies with organization size and country, while Sophos offers competitive pricing, particularly for educational institutions.
ROI: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security offers a cost-effective solution with improved performance, providing an ROI ranging from 80% to 85%. Sophos XG boasts an ROI of 100% or higher, reducing support costs and enhancing security practices.
Comparison Results: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security outperforms Sophos XG. Users find the setup of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security to be simple and intuitive. Check Point offers a wider range of valuable features, including VPN Blade, IPS Blade, URL filtering, and Applications Control Blade, along with advanced threat prevention capabilities and centralized security.
"The payment function for applications is good."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"Auto Scaling is one of the features that make me want to choose CloudGuard over actual HW."
"Now, we can filter which websites users can access and block categories that are a risk. For example, we can block social media and gambling sites. This has helped to decrease the risk of access to malicious content on the internet."
"We are using gateways, and I appreciate the high-availability gateways they have. They stand out more than the competitors."
"The tool's most valuable features are firewalls and IPS."
"The SSL spectrum proved to be the most valuable for our incoming connections."
"The endpoint VPN is super stable. The routing is also very good. We tried a competing product first, but we could not make it work. We came across CloudGuard. The network routing across different virtual networks in Azure and AWS was way ahead of any of the other technologies. That helped us be able to cover the whole network using one single cluster."
"It is dynamic and agile, and its features and utilities continuously improve and evolve."
"This software is great in overall performance since it can locate any trouble across the networking system and provide solutions before it affects workflows."
"What I like about his program, is that it is easy to use and easy to manage."
"The user authentication rules are very useful."
"I like their firewall and the intrusion detection feature"
"The product is very easy to explore. It has a very good layout."
"The most significant aspect is the protection it offers."
"In terms of the functionality, I think it's pretty straightforward. It's easy to pick up. It's also user-friendly."
"Over the past two years, during the COVID pandemic, the VPN has helped us a lot."
"The tool's most valuable feature is threat protection and DLP features. So far, basic DLP features like content protection and blocking. Furthermore, for remote users, features such as back filtering and application control are available, allowing for command and control from our side. It is very easy to understand policy applications."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Check Point has a history of moving fast with software release and upgrade cycles which are difficult to keep up with at times."
"CloudGuard Network Security needs to include new features. One specific feature I would like to see is the ability to protect external resources using single sign-on integration with various identity providers, including custom identity providers. Its pricing could also be cheaper."
"There is room for improvement in the integration with PaaS services from the public cloud. It would be very helpful."
"It can be difficult to install properly without prior training"
"At the cost level, the solution is somewhat expensive."
"This application can be more integrated with web application firewalls. Better integrations would provide more granularity, which would be helpful for focusing on the application itself and preventing attacks. It would be good to include the cross-domain search. If you have multiple firewalls that are managed on the same platform and you want to check who is using some particular objects or where a specific ID is being used, it should provide an option for this kind of search instead of having to check one by one on each firewall."
"The deployment phase takes too much time."
"The initial setup is difficult. It took me three tries to get it right. The setup took two or three hours."
"I would want the level of integration to have another device on your network that is also reliable."
"The current bandwidth consumption is no longer shown in the XG and XGS."
"I am using the Azure Active Directory in my company and it was complicated to integrate this solution with Azure."
"Fortinet surpasses Sophos in terms of support, particularly with its comprehensive five-one feature console."
"Their support is fairly good, and they come back to me. I've had an issue once or twice where I couldn't understand what the support person was saying because those calls were probably routed to India. They were a bit difficult to understand, but it is generally not an issue."
"Sophos XG should improve on the GDPR features involving data protection and encryption. Security regarding data protection is important."
"The solution’s reporting could be improved."
"The installation could be faster and is longer than that of other solutions, lasting more than a month instead of five minutes."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 120 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Sophos XG report.
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