We performed a comparison between Hillstone CloudEdge and Sophos XG based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"We've deployed quite a number for our users and our customers, and the feedback is quite positive in terms of management and also administration."
"So far, I'm happy that they have recently added a firewall role, so I feel a little more comfortable with the security. The threat management is good."
"We've had good experiences with technical support."
"The most valuable features are the central management, the user VPN, and communications."
"Great reporting feature and great customer support."
"The security of Sophos XG is very good."
"The most significant aspect is the protection it offers."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"Lacks improved throughput performance in a box."
"I would like to have a more efficient login process."
"Data traffic analysis could be better. I think Fortinet products like FortiAnalyzer are very effective in analyzing data traffic. I think it's better than Sophos. It could also be more stable."
"When upgrading the firewalls, the process could be easier."
"Sophos can definitely improve with the interoperability between solutions."
"The training manual provided to users lacks proper guidance on configuration procedures."
"The reporting could be improved in this solution by adding more details."
"They can lower its price. It is very expensive. We are looking for a less expensive solution depending on our budget. They can also improve it in terms of firewall protection."
Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 191 reviews. Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with , whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall TZ.
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