We performed a comparison between Sophos XGS and Zscaler Cloud 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."Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The solution is cost-effective and easy to manage."
"Sophos XGS' most valuable features are protection and intrusion prevention detection."
"We are happy and satisfied with all the features."
"It's easy to use and user-friendly."
"It's easy to deploy and connect."
"The solution offers more antimalware and antivirus feeds than others."
"The scalability of Sophos XGS is very good."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"The solution is scalable."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"Zscaler provides effective protection against various cyber threats ensuring a safe environment"
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"Sophos XGS could improve by having better integration with Active Directory."
"Sophos XGS could be improved by adding a built-in hyper-converged solution."
"The solution could have a bit more functionality."
"Sometimes, we haven't received proper support. They couldn't find the solutions that we required. One thing that we need is an NTP server facility. The Sophos XGS device does not have this capacity or this feature."
"In Sophos, the user portal is not user-friendly."
"We'd like an interface that can monitor everything."
"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."
"The support team are helpful when you eventually get hold of them which takes a long time. They can improve how quickly you get technical support."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
"We are having some issues with internet access being denied when organizational ID-based policies change. For example, a lower level employee ends up getting the same level of access as that of a higher level employee."
"Certain criteria need to be met if you want to scale this solution."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
"Pricing is a challenge."
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
Sophos XGS is ranked 17th in Firewalls with 58 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Sophos XGS is rated 8.0, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, OPNsense and Sophos XG. See our Sophos XGS vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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