We performed a comparison between OPNsense 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."I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"The interface is very good."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"I have found the solution has some great features overall, such as guest access capabilities, dashboards, and ease of use. There is plenty of documentation and support and it has the plugins that I needed."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"The technical support is very good."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"It offers an easy initial implementation."
"It's easy to deploy and connect."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The centralized security is very good."
"Setup was straightforward. One person is enough for deployment."
"Web filtering and intrusion detection are essential features. As system integrators, we also like the dashboard because it's easier to configure all the features."
"It's much faster than the previous firewall, so you can do the work faster."
"The policies are the greatest feature. They allow us to configure granular control over our network traffic."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"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."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"They've become quite expensive."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"The reporting part could be better."
"Sophos XGS could improve the automation system. It could be better if there was some level of automation, attacks automation, meaning if this happens, then it automatically executes a particular process."
"I recommend Sophos increase the user capacity of the firewall by 1.5 times. For example, say the firewall can accommodate 1,000 users now, then it should handle a load of 1,500 users."
"Sophos XGS's response to zero-day attacks could be improved."
"The reporting could be better."
"We'd like an interface that can monitor everything."
"We'd always like the solution to be a bit less in terms of cost."
"The support team are helpful when you eventually get hold of them which takes a long time. They can improve how quickly you get technical support."
"It has recently started to suddenly block and crash."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 58 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Sophos XGS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Meraki MX. See our OPNsense vs. Sophos XGS report.
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