We performed a comparison between Sophos UTM 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."Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"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."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The solution is scalable."
"Sophos UTM has improved the porting section. It has improved security by seeing the gaps. For example, when you discover that an entry has been using a certain application, with Sophos UTM acting as a Layer 7 firewall, you can block the application, not the port."
"If a computer does get infected the Sophos appliance lets us know via it's Advanced Threat Protection so we can get a much faster response time."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the efficiency and mail filtering module."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"They are all good, but most-used are Network Protection and Web Filtering."
"The initial setup is easy."
"With over 150 firewalls in our portal, management and monitoring have never been easier."
"The centralized security is very good."
"Spam filtering is what I love most about XGS."
"The solution is scalable."
"I like the Sophos UI. It interface has a more comfortable feel than the competitors."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XGS are a set of functionalities that are quite commendable, they call it synchronized security, where all the solutions share defense lines with each other."
"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."
"It's easy to use, and the service is good. If anything goes wrong, their support system is very reliable."
"It's user-friendly and quite easy to configure. It's easy to communicate with the Sophos support team."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"I would like this solution to support ICAP. Also, they no longer support on-premises management, and are forcing clients to use centralized management via the cloud, which I don't agree with."
"I am going to flat out say technical support is terrible. Being a Platinum level customer, I am not happy with the support."
"Sophos UTM's internet security could be better."
"The only time we face a problem or issues is when we place a ticket. We have found that response is very slow."
"I would like some features that are available in other brands. For example, I sometimes a person is using too much bandwidth, and it isn't easy to find this information in Sophos. Also, we have to switch connections manually when we are using a VPN and lose the MPLS connection. It isn't automatic."
"It does have built-in policies, which enable you to disable USB devices, etc. It would be nice if they had more policies because there are not that many of them."
"The ease of use could be a bit better."
"The technical support only communicates via email. I would prefer to communicate directly with someone."
"It would be nice to have features like the network access control (NAC) that Cisco has for Identity Services Engine. In the next release, I would also like to see an increase in the performance of the processing units."
"Having previously worked with the Astaro Security Gateway platform (now called Sophos UTM), I can attest that the configuration and dashboard for this older platform was easier to manage than that of both Sophos XG and XGS. If it were up to me, I would prefer to go back to the older SG dashboard."
"There can be lag time when updating an operating policy."
"There are a lot of false-positive cases."
"Sophos XGS needs improvement with the threshold values. Other solutions have the capacity to handle more users."
"Sophos XGS could improve by having better integration with Active Directory."
"It has recently started to suddenly block and crash."
"Sophos XGS could improve the automation system. It could be better if there was some level of automation, attacks automation, meaning if this happens, then it automatically executes a particular process."
Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 58 reviews. Sophos UTM is rated 8.4, while Sophos XGS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Highly stable, scalable, and priced well". Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Meraki MX, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Check Point NGFW. See our Sophos UTM vs. Sophos XGS report.
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