F5 Distributed Cloud Services vs Sophos Central comparison

"In a multi-cloud or distributed cloud, there are many protection possibilities from data to web application or API protection, including bot mitigation."

"F5 is known for being the best load balancer in the market. Customers with an existing module can easily adopt additional modules without investing in new hardware."

"The main benefit is Web App Security, offering a complete security package from DDoS to web application firewall, API protection, and bot mitigation."

"Sophos Central is good. It's also free for all those firewalls because, from Sophos Central, we manage the firewalls and push the policies to the firewall."

"The product's initial setup phase is easy and user-friendly."

"The standout feature is its focus on indexing, primarily designed for managing reports and logs from 500 to 1,000 endpoints, including Windows 10 hosts within the network."

"One of the standout features is its highly detailed and user-friendly graphical interface."

"It is very useful to deploy policies centrally and monitor the status of our appliances, especially given that we are the main branches. With Sophos Central, you can centrally manage and deploy security policies and updates, saving time and eliminating the need for the technical team to travel to each branch individually."

"The user interface of Sophos Central is excellent. One standout feature is the ease of identifying endpoints. Another noteworthy aspect is the real-time visibility into malware threats. The solution is stable. I contacted the support team two or three times, and they responded promptly each time. They addressed my queries and concerns quickly. The initial setup was straightforward."

"The interface, especially when using the software center, is quite user-friendly and easy to navigate."

"The product's initial setup phase was easy."

"The pricing could be adjusted to better meet the needs of typical customers in regions like Poland, where the product is considered too expensive."

"The main issue is integration with other parts or products of F5, like on-premise WAF. There are some problems, mainly from the perspective of implementation and customer expectations, which sometimes differ from reality."

"The main issue is integration with other parts or products of F5, like on-premise WAF."

"Sophos Central is not available in small packages in Indonesia."

"Pushing global rules and policies to all devices from Central isn't easy. You can do it for all endpoints, which is fine. But you can't do the same with firewalls. Firewall management with Central is very limited. You can connect one firewall to another and tell it, "I want one policy for all my customer's firewalls," but that's not possible. For a customer with multiple firewalls, you can't say, "This works for France, Great Britain, Canada," and push it. It's not possible."

"One area I would like to see improvement in Sophos Central is the multi-factor authentication process."

"The current service level is not as efficient as desired, but we acknowledge that it presents an area for improvement, particularly in terms of support concentration."

"It would be beneficial to incorporate automation."

"The product does not have a dedicated MFA."

"The tamper protection password is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."

"The tool is slow in the Middle East region. It should also integrate custom reporting."

"The tool's pricing is good."

"Sophos is more cost-effective than other vendors."

"The pricing of Sophos is quite reasonable and generally cheaper compared to competitors like Fortinet and Check Point."

"The product is expensive. However, you can get discounts for over 100 users."

"The pricing is very competitive. When compared to other vendors like Fortinet, Sophos stands out, especially in terms of firewall and endpoint pricing."

"It is not cheap, it is expensive. The price is too much."

"The tool is a little more expensive than other solutions."

"The pricing is highly affordable, with no additional costs."