We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The solution is stable."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The product offers very good security."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The scalability of the product is quite high."
"This firewall is very good for our customers because they don't have to write their own rules for adding an application."
"I have found the threat profile feature valuable."
"It is a stable solution."
"Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors."
"Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good."
"Everything I could possibly want has already been implanted in the new version."
"K2-Series' best features include its scalability, which is the best on the market."
"Excellent product, meets most of the security needs of companies of various sizes. You can buy it without fear."
"The user interface is very good."
"In terms of the functionality, I think it's pretty straightforward. It's easy to pick up. It's also user-friendly."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the VPN aspect."
"The security of Sophos XG is very good."
"Orchestration of the firewall is the most valuable feature. It is a fast and agile solution. It is good with protection. It is also very easy to deploy and manage, and its user interface is easy to use."
"It is stable, flexible, and easy to use. It has got a web management portal that can be accessed from anywhere."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"The tool needs to improve integration with more products from other vendors. I would like the product to add threat intelligence features as well."
"The technical support, and how they provide it to the client, needs to be improved."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"In the past, we've had trouble with Palo Alto's application filtering not getting it right. I would not be recommending layer 7 application filtering yet."
"The solution needs a series of OS changes."
"The password function of the solution could be improved. Additionally, some of the processes take too long to complete."
"The product should get frequent updates allowing us to add new signatures."
"Palo Alto doesn't have extended visibility to the end point in their firewalls."
"They made some changes to the firmware update sometime last year, which moved some of the policies from where they were before. Some of the policies, such as NAS policies, were separated, which made it a bit hard for people to trace the policies they had configured."
"It would be helpful if the solution offered some tutorial videos to help new users learn the system quickly."
"I would like the update process to be easier, to update the firmware of the boxes. I think it's much better automatically than having to do it manually: Download the file, do network discovery. I they can make the update process much more automatic that would help."
"The support from the vendor needs to be improved."
"While it is a secure solution, I believe it could be improved."
"Even though things work on the back end, we have encountered bugs in the solution."
"Sophos needs improvements made to the console, such as host entry or defining rules directly from it."
"The pricing has gotten much higher."
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 29 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall TZ. See our Palo Alto Networks K2-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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