We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks PA-Series 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."The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"Palo Alto Networks firewalls offer single-mode panel processing with live scanning."
"The solution provides good customer support."
"The most effective features for threat prevention in the PA-Series are its integration with Cortex and the use of machine learning AI for advanced threat detection."
"The solution is robust."
"The reporting feature and application ID functionality within Palo Alto Networks PA-Series are incredibly valuable to us."
"A valuable feature that we can consider is the deployment time, which is significantly reduced. It is almost 90% faster compared to other solutions."
"It offers application-based policy enforcement. Palo Alto Networks firewalls help us recognize protocol anomalies, contrasting with other vendors that may require policies based on port numbers. With Palo Alto Networks, the port number isn't a constraint because their devices handle protocol traffic at Layer 7, allowing for accurate identification of protocol usage and port numbers. They can identify which protocol actually uses which port."
"I like the tool's security and web filtering features."
"The solution is a next generation firewall and we have gotten good customer feedback."
"The cloud-based interface makes it easy to manage."
"The solution is scalable."
"We find it easy to use. Its internal configuration is very easy. It is not complicated in terms of use and configuration. It has been fairly stable, and it is also scalable."
"We can configure rules with the user, traffic, etc., making it a very versatile solution for our network."
"We have found that the simplicity of the XG 210 is its most valuable feature."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"Sophos XG Firewall is very usable, very easy to install, and very user friendly."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The pricing of the solution needs improvement."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is complicated to configure compared to one of its competitors."
"The product's gateway services can be improved."
"The technical support offered by Palo Alto is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"There is room for improvement in streamlining this process for smoother transitions."
"The support provided by the solution is not that good."
"The product's high prices are an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I have found that the tool works well for me, but there are areas where security testing and protection could be improved, especially in virtual or cloud environments. However, in this project, once we deployed it, we haven't encountered any issues. The cost is currently manageable, but as we migrate fully into the cloud, additional features like capacity upgrading and improvements to hardware resources will be necessary, especially since our equipment consists of older generation switches and routers. So, I'm looking for additional capabilities in these areas."
"Sophos XG could improve the policies, they are a bit confusing when creating them. There are many options that make it confusing and it could be simplified."
"Sometimes when you roll out a new firmware, you find that the rules you already have in place are broken, so it's difficult to migrate to a new firmware. That's the only downside I've experienced in Sophos."
"They should expand their DDoS feature. It's basic. They need to enhance it."
"The security of Sophos XG could be improved."
"There could be some room for improvement in its pricing since my clients usually feel like the product is on the expensive side."
"The response time could stand improvement."
"It could offer a DNS Filter for blocking botnet networks."
"Technical support is difficult to access."
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 28 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with OPNsense, SonicWall NSa, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Palo Alto Networks PA-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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