We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ and Sophos XGS 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 dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"The performance is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"The solution is stable."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"Most of the features are useful. It is easy to configure and easy to troubleshoot. I can see the utilization of different networks, and there are also App control features."
"The solution is stable."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"We like their interface very much. It's pretty easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is content filtering and app control."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It's easy to deploy and connect."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos XGS is the application control."
"The product was easy for us to install."
"It is very stable. I have not heard of any issue where clients would have to replace hardware. It's been really stable for a long while."
"The scalability of Sophos XGS is very good."
"The solution offers more antimalware and antivirus feeds than others."
"Sophos XGS's most valuable feature is content filtering."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"Application management can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"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."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"GUI interface could be improved."
"The small business line has less PPS throughput."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"In general, the company needs to think contingently and integrate more security options."
"I would like the solution to build in more redundancy. I"
"There can be an improvement in analysis and reporting. We need enhancement on the reporting side."
"Getting support can be slow."
"The log sections could be done more clearly."
"What could be improved in Sophos XGS is its connectivity with Azure AD. It's best if it could work directly without using any servers locally, or in the data center, and this functionality should be made available in this product."
"The solution could have a bit more functionality."
"I would like to see a history of the monthly bandwidth utilization, the bandwidth consumption for a period of time."
"Reporting could be improved. The structure could be better because most of the reports aren't detailed."
"In the new release 19, there should be the implementation of a cloud service that you can use to set up the IPSec tunnels, and the SD-WAN from the WAN dashboard, and then you can push that configuration out to every firewall that you have."
"There are some bugs relating to the product that allow VPN users to bypass the firewall."
"The solution could improve inspection processes and troubleshooting for VPNs because this area is very weak."
"In Sophos, the user portal is not user-friendly."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 58 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Sophos XGS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Highly stable, scalable, and priced well". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Meraki MX. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Sophos XGS report.
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