We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-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 solution can scale well."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"Embedding it into my application development lifecycle prevents data loss and business disruption, allowing the adoption to operate at the speed of my AWS Cloud."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability, ease of implementation, ease of operation, and security."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is that you can control your traffic flowing out and coming it, allowing you to apply malware and threat protection, as well as vulnerability checks."
"In terms of security breaches, the product aids in categorizing and monitoring traffic, allowing for the identification of potentially malicisous or incorrectly formatted applications."
"In AWS, Palo Alto provides us a better view than flow logs for network traffic."
"A solid operating system with all the necessary data center security features."
"The product is very easy to explore. It has a very good layout."
"Valuable features include: the ease of setting up the VPN connection; the fact they have the cloud management option, so I can manage the firewall on a cloud platform from anywhere I am; the user interface is very user-friendly, so it's very easy for the administrator to make any policy changes."
"The solution seems pretty stable. We've had no issues so far."
"I like the web filter, application filter, and VBA."
"I have found the feature allowing you to manage everything from a centralized location beneficial."
"The filtering is very easy to do. You can segment and create profiles for usage very easily."
"Compared to other firewalls that I had looked at, I thought Sophos was the better solution. It just seems to be easier to manage versus Cisco, Fortinet, or one of the other options I was looking at."
"The user interface is very good."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"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."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"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."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"AWS doesn't integrate well with third-party firewalls."
"At the beginning of the implementation, we had some difficulties with the scripts, but Palo Alto Networks support together with a local partner finally fixed it."
"On the cloud side, they need to come up with more HA solutions to support the multi-region."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
"The command-line interface is something that some people struggle with and I think that they should have an option to go straight to the GUI."
"It can definitely improve on the performance."
"We feel that the setup was complex. So, we asked the tech team about the setup process. They explained how to deploy it in the right way, which made it very simple."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is a complex product to work with."
"The solution could be improved if it offered more documentation or at least provided more information about the products themselves."
"The initial set up process can be a little tricky, especially when you are registering with Sophos using your registration number. Setup is not necessarily complex, but it's not trouble-free. You do have connectivity issues at the initial setup with registering the device on the Sophos platform to access the advanced features. It doesn't always go through the first time around. That may be an issue with the quality of our automation. I'm not sure exactly what it is."
"Fortinet surpasses Sophos in terms of support, particularly with its comprehensive five-one feature console."
"The time taken by Sophos XG's support team to respond to and resolve an issue is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The solution could be more secure."
"The product's technical support services could be better."
"Some businesses require Dynamic IP. This feature would be useful if it worked."
"They can lower its price. It is very expensive. We are looking for a less expensive solution depending on our budget. They can also improve it in terms of firewall protection."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". 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 VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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