Hello peers,
I am the Managing Director at a small tech services company.
I am currently researching Sophos XGS 2100 and Fortinet FortiGate 100F.
What are the major differences between Sophos 2100 vs Fortinet 100F? Which product should I choose?
Thank you for your help.
Hi Rahul,
I'm an IT consultant, specializing in networking and firewalls. Actually, I'm implementing Fortigates 100F and Sophos XGS2100 in customers' infrastructures.
They are two big advantages for Sophos XGS:
1) The second CPU XStream, dedicated to firewalling and UTM functions, like Web Filtering, Web Application Firewall, IPS, etc.: https://news.sophos.com/en-us/...
2) The Sophos "Synchronized Security", interaction with the client protection, centralized in a cloud console: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/c...
With this Xstream processor (ASIC), an XGS2100 is more powerful than a Fortigate 100F...and no way with pricing, Sophos is cheaper.
Regards,
A.Rastello
Alexandre makes good points. However, I believe you've started off putting yourself at a disadvantage by not specifying what your requirements are. All good IT decisions come from getting clear on requirements first, not This-product vs. That-product. If both products meet all your requirements (and perhaps that is implied by starting with just those two as the options) THEN go to price followed by additional nice-to-have features.
Hi Rahul, I agree with the answers from Michael and Alexandre, the most important decision to take is to determine what your requirements are.
I have the Sophos XGS 2100 firewall in our customers' environment and its performance is much more powerful, for the reason of the Xstream processor that takes a little time to scan HTTPS protocols and apply TLS policies over the connections.
We have a lot of Sophos firewalls in the field. I agree to the answer from Alexandre. The Sophos Firewall is the more powerfull firewall. But maybe it's a good idea to explore the XGS 3100 because of the hardware like 10gbit.
With kind regards,