We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiNAC and Sophos Network Access Control based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Access Control (NAC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiNAC is compliance, which we can do with the clients and the endpoints on the network."
"Provides containment and security and and carries out file analysis for cyber theft."
"The network segmentation is the most important part of the solution. The integration with the Zero Trust Access solution is a crucial part of segmenting your network."
"Fortinet FortiNAC offers several valuable features, including data security, 99 percent uptime with VPN connections, MAC filtering, and traffic prioritization."
"When it works, it's great. It keeps things off the network which are supposed to be off the network."
"The most valuable features are the ease of deployment and ease of use."
"It is a good product."
"Compliance checks are a good feature. Compliance check is for windows updates and for antivirus updates, etc."
"Sophos' technical support is great, very fast and responsive, and they always know how to fix the problem."
"Web protection, URL filtering, and application filtering are the most valuable features of Sophos Network Access Control."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The wifi control is fantastic and makes it very easy to administer."
"We have had interactions with the technical support team through the Xnet platform. It's good."
"What Sophos has done is integrate almost the entire OSI layer infrastructure. It gives me visibility across my infrastructure. It gives me visibility into all the mobile devices that are on my network and into the security I have on those mobile devices."
"The pricing is very reasonable and you can negotiate on the price."
"Sophos has helped us to save time and money and to better manage web activities. It has also helped us to reduce misuse of the network and restrict hacking attempts."
"Our users have been asking for simpler documentation and training materials to facilitate the deployment process."
"The interface works fine, but it could be better."
"They need to change or upgrade the technology in the product."
"FortiNAC could be more scalable."
"I would like to be able to compare the configuration backup before and after."
"The training documentation needs to be more transparent."
"The reporting capability needs to be improved."
"The course content could be improved, it's not that simple to work through."
"I would like to see mobile administration capabilities in the next release so that we can administer the device from a mobile device."
"The difficult thing was finding the metrics."
"Sophos Network Access Control needs improvement regarding its slow interface, loading time, and reporting."
"It would be good if Sophos Network Access Control had better integration with other devices."
"The solution could increase the integration with other platforms or other systems. This would be very useful."
"The solution could offer more useful documentation."
"In order to provide better management, it would be ideal with they offered better plugins for their firewall."
"There is room for improvement in pricing."
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Fortinet FortiNAC is ranked 3rd in Network Access Control (NAC) with 43 reviews while Sophos Network Access Control is ranked 7th in Network Access Control (NAC) with 18 reviews. Fortinet FortiNAC is rated 7.6, while Sophos Network Access Control is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiNAC writes "I like the solution's native integration with other devices from the same vendor". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Network Access Control writes "An affordable solution that provides web protection, URL filtering, and application filtering". Fortinet FortiNAC is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Forescout Platform, Fortinet FortiAuthenticator and F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM), whereas Sophos Network Access Control is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Forescout Platform, F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and Ruckus Cloudpath. See our Fortinet FortiNAC vs. Sophos Network Access Control report.
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