We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"Great interface and in-built help is very intuitive."
"All of the features are amazing, especially Sandstorm, which prevents bad traffic or downloaded files from reaching our customers' and partners' networks."
"I like how you can integrate with other endpoints and Intercept X in one central management platform. I think it's a perfect solution. Sophos will manage everything in one container. You can manage many firewalls or endpoints within one panel."
"The security of the solution, thanks to the built-in unified threat management, is one of its most valuable features. Plus, one single pane of glass is all you need to manage the whole solution, and web management can be done from anywhere."
"It is easy to implement."
"The web application firewall reverse proxy is very good."
"The user interface is very good."
"The firewall feature of Sophos XG has been the most effective for threat prevention."
"The solution can scale well."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"They should expand their DDoS feature. It's basic. They need to enhance it."
"SD-WAN would benefit from further improvement, particularly in terms of incorporating optimization techniques that are not typically found in traditional firewalls. Nowadays, WAN optimization features are being integrated into many firewalls, and implementing similar capabilities in SD-WAN would enhance its performance and functionality."
"Fortinet surpasses Sophos in terms of support, particularly with its comprehensive five-one feature console."
"The number of ports, especially on the entry-level appliances, should be increased."
"The solution’s reporting could be improved."
"The initial setup, specifically when activating the license, is a nightmare and is quite difficult."
"XG is at its end of life. People are moving to XGS."
"I need to open the email to see what it contains and the value of it before I know whether to access it or not."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS and SonicWall TZ, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, WatchGuard Firebox, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX.
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