We performed a comparison between Sophos XGS and Untangle NG Firewall 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."Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"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."
"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 web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"XGS' most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"The most valuable features in Sophos XGS are identity and VPN. It is a very good solution that is able to detect and prevent a lot of malicious activity."
"In this solution, the most valuable feature is that it's a security device. Maintaining security is very valuable for us. The other feature that we did not find in other products is that it works well with thin client environments."
"The threat management system and VPN are most valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"It is a scalable solution."
"One of the main advantages of Sophos XGS is the processor. You don't have to wait a long time for when you are managing the firewall and the traffic is faster now."
"The initial setup is very user-friendly because they have graphical user interface options and command line interface options. I would give the initial setup a rating of five out of five."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"All features are useful. We are using premium features such as bandwidth sharing, failover, web filters, SSL controls, antivirus, and VPN. We use these features to the fullest. These features are available in the paid firewall license, not the free one."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"The product helps small and medium enterprises secure their networks from intrusions. It also has features like DNS blocking."
"It is not attached to an appliance, meaning if you get a good PC/server, then you can already run a firewall."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
"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."
"It has recently started to suddenly block and crash."
"There are a lot of false-positive cases."
"There can be lag time when updating an operating policy."
"In future releases, this solution could have more graphical elements on the dashboard to make it easier to understand."
"Compared to Fortinet, the cost is high."
"Sophos XGS could improve by having a Network Access Control(NAC). This feature is a basic function in other firewalls and should be added, such as Palo Alto."
"The product should improve reporting."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"The hardware can be improved."
"The web content filtering needs improvement."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 58 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Sophos XGS is rated 8.0, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Highly stable, scalable, and priced well". 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 XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Sophos XGS vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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