We performed a comparison between Sophos XG and Zscaler Internet Access 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 threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"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 solution is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"It's a product that is in continuous improvement and is following what the customer is asking for. They are taking inputs and designing new releases specifically according to the client and their needs."
"Using Sophos endpoint and the firewall, synchronized security is easy."
"Great interface and in-built help is very intuitive."
"Web publishing is important, as well as the importance of the antivirus patch."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage."
"The firewall functionality and unified threat management are the most useful features."
"Content filtering and intrusion prevention are most valuable. Our customers are fully satisfied with the performance of Sophos. It has all the features that they require in a firewall."
"The VPN features and its capabilities are great."
"All internet access flows through the Zscaler proxy, regardless of whether people are in office or remote. I have greater control site access and I minimize the number of compromises that we experience to almost none."
"The most valuable feature is bandwidth control."
"The initial setup was straightforward. The biggest thing for us was to build our own policies. The deployment itself was only a few hours."
"We enjoy all of the proxy capabilities and the capability to integrate into the SIEM/SOC solution."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"The protection is most valuable."
"For our needs, the cloud-native proxy architecture is a very good solution. We are moving away from on-prem appliances and moving more toward cloud-based solutions. Zscaler is a good fit for our strategy. This architecture helps with cyber threats because we inspect most of the traffic and we can see that a lot of threats are stopped directly in the secure web gateway."
"The solution’s customer service is good."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"The SD-WAN could be improved."
"The uploading and downloading of reports should be included."
"For the moment, managing the Sophos interface is a little bit challenging."
"The vendor doesn’t publish the price on the website."
"The manuals or guides we are given are too simple. When we are implementing the product, it is difficult for us as we don't have more detailed information."
"They can lower its price. It is very expensive. We are looking for a less expensive solution depending on our budget. They can also improve it in terms of firewall protection."
"The only area that requires improvement is scalability."
"Support for this product is something that is really important, and it needs to improve."
"Zscaler should continue to make the user interface better. They should also improve the backup network and continue to expand it so that it can handle larger numbers of customers."
"I would like to see more training and video documentation."
"In terms of user experience, it could be better."
"Sometimes, support isn't available."
"The solution can be improved by advancing some of the newer technologies such as the DLP feature, and adding email security."
"If they can also integrate with the multi-factor authentication to prompt users to do another, second-factor authentication, that would be ideal."
"Zscaler should provide adjacent services, which would be complementary to their current offering that could to be more pragmatic for a customer. For example, if you take Akamai, you get multiple sets of services, all depending on the customer and the strategy and the complexity and the problems. In some areas, they are more varied in terms of coverage."
"One thing that they could improve is the ability to import rules from other platforms."
Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 46 reviews. Sophos XG is rated 8.2, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. 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 Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP. See our Sophos XG vs. Zscaler Internet Access report.
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