We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-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 multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"It can expand easily."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The interface is very good."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"The technical support is great."
"App-ID and User-ID have repeatedly shown value in securing business critical systems."
"The product provides more visibility into our traffic."
"The most valuable feature is the CLI."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability, ease of implementation, ease of operation, and security."
"The main advantage of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series stems from the fact that you can access it with the help of cloud services."
"I have not actually called their support line, because we have a direct contact to a senior engineer in the company for any issues that we handle with them. I will say they are very responsive, and they do give you the information you need when you need it."
"The solution enables organizations to enforce policies."
"We use the product on our Azure network firewalls."
"This kind of strategic technology makes it much easier to remove malware and address vulnerabilities quickly."
"Sophos began with a basic version and evolved into something more efficient in terms of performance."
"it's user-friendly, not complex."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"One of the most valuable features is the VPN."
"Great interface and in-built help is very intuitive."
"The firewall feature of Sophos XG has been the most effective for threat prevention."
"The solution has all the security features you would need for any type of environment."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration of multi-factor authentication vendors."
"The DLP functionality or data classification can be improved in the solution's basic firewalling."
"With Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, it is hard for me to manage its network configuration part."
"There could be dynamic DNS features similar to Fortinet in the product."
"We have run into some issues with scaling and limitations associated with some of the configurations."
"There should be an option for direct integration with the Azure platform."
"The one issue that I didn't like is that the SNMP integration with interfaces didn't record the interface counters."
"There is no proper support channel to follow up on cases."
"I'd like the dashboard to be improved. It could be a bit more customizable."
"The number of ports, especially on the entry-level appliances, should be increased."
"The price should be cheaper."
"While it is a secure solution, I believe it could be improved."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
"Integration with Active Directory is not reliable."
"I would like to have a more efficient login process."
"I would like to have more artificial intelligence in the web monitoring service that comes with it. It should alert us when particular events happen. It has already got some of that. I know that it is more of a service, and Sophos is already looking at it. It is called SIEM."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 50 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 191 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". 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 VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall TZ. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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