We performed a comparison between Juniper vSRX 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."FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The architecture of the OS in Juniper is very good. It's flexibility, scalability, and the technicality is also good."
"The technical support has been good."
"The product's scalability is good, and my company has 150 users."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"The dashboard, customization, API, and pricing are good."
"We like the solution’s protocol and its dashboard system."
"The hardware is stable."
"It is easy for me to go in and update settings, make changes, or add/remove rules or security."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XG are the ease of management and good out-of-the-box reporting."
"The most valuable feature is the Intercept X. It is the advanced features that are used for malware detection, and antivirus."
"The user authentication rules are very useful."
"There are many features. VPN, firewalling, and intrusion detection are the main features that are most useful for us at this time."
"The VPN features and its capabilities are great."
"In terms of the functionality, I think it's pretty straightforward. It's easy to pick up. It's also user-friendly."
"The product has all the latest features."
"Sophos XG deployment is easy and rapid."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"The security feature must be improved."
"The pricing still needs some improvement."
"The tool's basic license does not cover everything. It needs to improve visibility and availability."
"I've talked to people that say Juniper now, as a device, can be a solution for a data center, but in the past, I have not seen this as being possible."
"The reporting can be improved."
"They could provide support for cloud deployments."
"We have some weird errors and some weird behavior on the solution occasionally. The device gets buggy without anyone touching it. It would work and then suddenly stop. Sometimes you need to just move the cards out and restart it again, and it will work. The solution itself, the hardware and the software, there must be some bugs that need to be dealt with."
"There are too many types of licenses, which can be confusing."
"Over the last six months, we have noticed that the hardware is slow, especially the VPN connections."
"It would be better if they made their own hardware like Palo Alto and Fortinet. They use their own ASICs and claim it is more secure."
"Its price should be improved. Its features are pretty okay, but the price is the area where we have to fight more. They should do something about the price structure."
"I'd like to see better reporting. While the logs are great, the reports are not."
"I wish to see an antivirus feature added to the solution."
"They need to do more quality checks before they release firmware upgrades. Currently, a few Cyberoam firewall customers are facing some issues while upgrading the Cyberoam firmware to Sophos. After the new firmware is installed, they are seeing some performance issues, which require some bug fixes. The performance is fine after getting the required support. Customers who are already using Sophos hardware are quite satisfied with this solution. Their support should also be improved. We are facing difficulties getting support on time through email or phone."
"SD-WAN can be improved."
"It is complicated to get the reports if you are not experienced with Sophos."
Juniper vSRX is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 30 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Zscaler Cloud Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Juniper vSRX vs. Sophos XG report.
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