We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ 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 GUI is good."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"SonicWall TZ think it's a good, solid, and stable product."
"It's been very easy to implement and deploy."
"It does what it says it is going to do."
"The most valuable features are unified threat management which provides security intelligence and the VPN for both site-to-site and remote access."
"I have found this solution to be easier to use when compared to other products, such as those offered by Cisco."
"They give good protection to my network and support it."
"The most valuable features have been content filtering, and the interface is easy to navigate and to use."
"Easy to set up firewall product, that's also easy to manage and scale."
"The solution is scalable."
"Sophos XGS's most valuable feature is content filtering."
"It is very stable. I have not heard of any issue where clients would have to replace hardware. It's been really stable for a long while."
"The solution is stable."
"It's easy to use, and the service is good. If anything goes wrong, their support system is very reliable."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The VPN is the best feature."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"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."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The small business line has less PPS throughput."
"The market seems to be going to a cloud-supported, new generation of firewall products. I think that's probably going to be important to us, the next time around."
"The log sections could be done more clearly."
"There is a point I don't like about SonicWall in the past and now. Most of the destinations we look at when we're detecting some user using too much bandwidth or something like that, SonicWall just gave us destination IP address, instead of the full qualified domain name. I think that's the most important part that is still missing. I think that's the most important for us."
"SonicWall TZ can improve the UI application and when you create any net policies or any new policy, it will not sync or work properly."
"In terms of what needs to be improved, I would say better load balancing and data filtering."
"Sometimes there is a glitch between the network connection. Last time, something happened on our IP phone, the SonicWall team did some updates to fix the issue. However, glitches happen very rarely. I did not experience any other types of problems."
"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."
"The first time a person sets it up, they will need training."
"The configurations can be a bit complex."
"What could be improved in Sophos XGS is its connectivity with Azure AD. It's best if it could work directly without using any servers locally, or in the data center, and this functionality should be made available in this product."
"The application is a little slow; it takes five to ten seconds to respond to every click when configuring. If we need to do significant configuration, it can take a lot of time. This might be because we have a low-end machine, and it could be faster with a high-end one."
"Having previously worked with the Astaro Security Gateway platform (now called Sophos UTM), I can attest that the configuration and dashboard for this older platform was easier to manage than that of both Sophos XG and XGS. If it were up to me, I would prefer to go back to the older SG dashboard."
"The solution could have a bit more functionality."
"Support is great, however, it can always be improved."
"Sophos XGS could improve by having better integration with Active Directory."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 58 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Sophos XGS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Highly stable, scalable, and priced well". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Sophos XGS report.
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