We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] 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 payment function for applications is good."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"Easy to deploy and user friendly."
"We recommend Sophos XG as a priority as it is much more reliable and has efficient technical assistance."
"The solution seems to be very easy to use."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The user authentication rules are very useful."
"Great reporting feature and great customer support."
"Content blocking for websites is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"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."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"All of the options should be available when I renew my subscription for the year. As it is now, there are some limitations."
"I do prefer when updates come out a bit quicker."
"I'd like the dashboard to be improved. It could be a bit more customizable."
"For the standard end user, self-based training is necessary. When you get into the Sophos XG firewall and try to start creating NAT rules, it can be a little cumbersome for a novice. It's pretty easy once you know how to do it, but it will be hard for anybody who doesn't have experience."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered some tutorial videos to help new users learn the system quickly."
"We encounter difficulties while navigating through certain features and functionalities of the product."
"The manuals or guides we are given are too simple. When we are implementing the product, it is difficult for us as we don't have more detailed information."
"I'm just a sole proprietor for IT support, and from my perspective, there could be better ways to educate a proprietor, such as myself, on how to set it up, and program it, and manage it. They do tend to have support, but a lot of times, it is for larger networks. I need something that is simpler and more rudimentary as to how to go about setting up and configuring the firewall, setting up the rules, and that type of thing. So, if there is a missing component there, that would be it."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX.
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