We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Untangle Ng Firewall based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Sophos XG’s single pane of glass makes it easy to manage the entire solution and can be done anywhere. Users find that the solution is very light, stable, and provides excellent real-time control. Untangle NG Firewall hardware is not available in all geographic locations, and users say it is not recommended for large enterprise organizations.
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"One feature of Sophos XG that I found incredibly beneficial for threat prevention is its endpoint protection."
"It is very easy to configure and straightforward. The firewall rules are straightforward. It works great out of the box. It has been working as advertised, and I haven't had any issues with it."
"If you want to install antivirus and firewalling on endpoints, then Sophos is the best option."
"Great interface and in-built help is very intuitive."
"Everything is consolidated into a single box, offering comprehensive functionality, including Wi-Fi access and other features."
"This solution does everything and anything a firewall can do."
"The updates are helpful and add to the solution in a positive way."
"The solution is stable. I've had very few problems with it."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"The UI could be improved."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Sophos XG could improve by making the remote access and VPN better."
"Areas for improvement would be the access points and the on-premise version, which is very bad."
"It would be helpful if they had a set of standard templates because it would assist in the beginning, when you are just getting started."
"The current bandwidth consumption is no longer shown in the XG and XGS."
"I would like to see the performance improved."
"The UTM itself needs improvement. When you're navigating it seems like it takes forever to load anything. The hardware is okay. It's just the software that could be more responsive."
"The only area that requires improvement is scalability."
"We had a difficult time assigning IP addresses to specific MAC addresses."
"The hardware can be improved."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"Whenever there are a large number of endpoint VPN clients, connectivity becomes slow."
"The pricing should be reduced because it is expensive."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The web content filtering needs improvement."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 189 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall NSa, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, SonicWall TZ and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sophos XG vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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