User Reviews of Netgate pfSense & Sophos XG

Updated March 2024

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Netgate pfSense review

Eduardo Monteiro.
Eduardo Monteiro.
IT Manager at Prologica
Good performance, reliable, and open source
There are several levels of firewall configuration such as beginner, advanced, and expert configurations. At each level, it becomes more complex and more tricky to set up the firewall. For example, if you want to install the firewall on your computer system, it would be a lot easier if it just tells you that this is the internet NIC and...
Sophos XG review

Akshit Chhokar
Akshit Chhokar
Technical Solutions Specialist - Networking at Google
Offers good performance but needs to improve on the flexibility part
The product has improved the security posture. Sophos XG provides features that are almost the same as those Cisco Firepower devices provide. I would say that a couple of features in Sophos XG are the same as the ones provided by other Cisco devices, which are top-notch. The management tools or log-related solutions that are presented with...

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