We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Sophos XG based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"It is very flexible to use."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The solution offers sandboxing, which can be integrated at any time."
"The blocking, based on the signal provided, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"One of the most valuable features is having the ability to cluster multiple firewalls even if they are different versions."
"When comparing this solution to others this one has better reporting, user management, and is easy to use."
"I have found that Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is easy to use, highly secure, and the main VPN tunnel is created automatically which is a benefit."
"It is stable and scalable. In addition, their support is great. When you ask them for something, they provide support, and if required, they also involve the R&D team to help you to resolve the issues in your configuration."
"Next Generation Firewall's best feature is that it can be managed on one platform."
"Valuable features include: the ease of setting up the VPN connection; the fact they have the cloud management option, so I can manage the firewall on a cloud platform from anywhere I am; the user interface is very user-friendly, so it's very easy for the administrator to make any policy changes."
"I like the firewall, inbound, and outbound modules the most. The VPN feature also works well. It is very easy to configure rules in Sophos XG. We have got local service here in Zimbabwe from Sophos, which is something that I like a lot. We have got good local support, and they come on-site when we have any challenges. Sophos provides a lot of good training all around Zimbabwe. They are quite dominant here, similar to other solutions like Fortinet or WatchGuard."
"I like the fact that it can self remove malware and do updates on the cloud via Sophos Central."
"This is a very stable solution."
"The firewall functionality and unified threat management are the most useful features."
"It is simple to use."
"We've had good experiences with technical support."
"The cloud-based interface makes it easy to manage."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"The reports are very basic."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"The optimization is not really ready. If you want very good optimization, you have to add it to the network."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
"Configuration is not easy because it has an old-fashioned interface. The configuration interface is highly complex, and it's been the same for years. They have to change the interface."
"Sophos XG could improve by coming out with more innovative feature developments."
"The reporting could be improved in this solution by adding more details."
"It is a very basic and entry-level firewall. It doesn't give very granular control over the traffic. It should have more granular control over the traffic. This feature should be there similar to Palo Alto and Cisco. It should have such advanced features."
"I used to work with Fortinet, and sometimes I see that the SD-WAN feature could be better because it's much easier in Fortinet."
"Sophos XG's web server protection and log viewer could improve. They should also introduce sandboxing."
"I would like to have remote access to clients using a static IP for a certain period of time."
"XG is at its end of life. People are moving to XGS."
"The two main areas where this product needs improvement are routing and reporting."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 37 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 190 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Good URL filtering with helpful technical support and good scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Darktrace, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall TZ. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Sophos XG report.
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