We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and Sophos XGS 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 features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"Meraki MX offers advanced filtration options, plus it behaves like a router and a firewall at the same time."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"It is easy to manage, which is one of the most important things for us. It is also flexible, stable, and scalable."
"Easy to deploy with a simple configuration."
"Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS): The best feature. It can detect malware, even a virus, and warn you by email about the device that has it. When the Meraki detects that something is wrong, it automatically blocks the connection or the intrusion, delivering a graphic report with all the necessary content."
"The solution is good for load balancing."
"When you try to create an IP or when you have an alert about when a website is banned, these features are helpful."
"The simplicity of configuration is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Sophos XGS is profound as a firewall and security product."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos is the VPN solution. I also value their threat management, IPS IDS features and login features with single sign-on."
"The solution is cost-effective and easy to manage."
"The most valuable features in Sophos XGS are bandwidth management, content filtering, and WAN link management failover. If one internet activity or one link would fail, automatically it will switch over to another one."
"The centralized security is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos XGS is the application control."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"The scalability could be better."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
"The problem is that the two licenses do not currently integrate. We have to create separate companies and do an interconnection."
"The product could incorporate tools like ThousandEyes into the system so we can see things directly."
"They're very complacent and I find the rule set to be a little arcane."
"Meraki MX firewalls are great for small to medium-sized businesses, but other solutions are better for enterprise-sized companies."
"I do not have the kind of feature I need for SSL decryption in Meraki MX. It would be great to see the SSL decryption feature in Meraki MX."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"It has recently started to suddenly block and crash."
"It would be nice to have features like the network access control (NAC) that Cisco has for Identity Services Engine. In the next release, I would also like to see an increase in the performance of the processing units."
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
"Sophos XGS's response to zero-day attacks could be improved."
"Sophos' technical support has degraded in the last couple of years. They seem to need to ask a lot of questions, even with simple problems, and take a long time to provide solutions."
"Compared to Fortinet, the cost is high."
"The VPN capability needs some improvement in Sophos XGS."
"There are issues with some designs being able to work on high availability."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 58 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Sophos XGS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Highly stable, scalable, and priced well". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and OPNsense, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Meraki MX vs. Sophos XGS report.
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