User Reviews of Sophos Firewall & WatchGuard Firebox

Updated February 2026

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Sophos Firewall review

Nassif  Kaleny
Nassif Kaleny
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dynamic web and mail filtering contribute to improved security measures
The reporting system is very poor. I cannot trace any traffic to our site if it feels some threats. It just tells me that there is something during a certain time but does not provide information about the type of threats or how to get rid of them. This needs improvement.
WatchGuard Firebox review

Pedro Soteras
Pedro Soteras
CEO at a government with 201-500 employees
Network protection has improved with stronger VPN connectivity but administration...
Deploying WatchGuard Firebox was quite easy, but we have had some problems regarding the VPN and the administration of the tool and the two firewalls that we have. When comparing WatchGuard Firebox with our previous solution, Palo Alto, we have had some problems in administration because of the tools. I think that they have some aspects in...

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