2023-10-13T17:05:00Z

Which solution do you prefer: Fortinet FortiGate or Sophos XG?

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Harish (Kumar) - PeerSpot reviewer
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2023-10-31T11:06:51Z
Oct 31, 2023

Go with Sophos XG or if you have tight budget and technical expertise then can move with pFsense.

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Dr. Ravi_Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
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2023-10-25T03:23:40Z
Oct 25, 2023

Dear Sharif.


For 150 users any firewall will work perfectly. You can choose as per your convenience, availability, price, and better implementation partner in your region. Keep a bigger box at the central location and configure SD-WAN. SOPHOS has by default SD WAN. Make sure you have secure access to the cloud and all endpoints should have endpoint protection else only firewall will not help.

Most of the cloud service providers work on any-any rule because their responsibility is network uptime and availability. Security of your setup is your responsibility.

Manageability is better in Fortinet however features are better in SOPHOS. License bundle & ATP functions are are good in SOPHOS. Support response is good in SOPHOS but you will find less tickets in FORTINET once it is implemented as per your setup.

Overall both are good for your setup. You can choose as per convenience.


Hope this will help.. Greetings .. Ravi

YK
Real User
Top 5
2023-10-24T11:31:34Z
Oct 24, 2023

In my opinion, the first point of strength is the support, and FortiGate is doing a great job in terms of support. It has numerous reference guides for configuration. The other advantage is ease of management in both the UI and CLI levels. You can use FortiGate modules to protect against web and virus attacks.

AB
MSP
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2023-10-24T07:37:59Z
Oct 24, 2023

Hello Sharif,  


I prefer FortiGate SDWAN Devices (FortiGate) even though we also deliver Sophos to our clients. 


The decentralized FortiGate devices work as firewalls with an excellent security ecosystem. FortiGate and most other items work as Hardware units or on virtual machines.



As a Telco company we have a lot of companies working in different industries with various requirements. We can support them all with FortiGate.
Our customers prefer the security features, the stable ecosystem for life cycle management, for device/user/policy management, thread detection & prevention, intrusion prevention, sandboxing, ... the low operation effort to build a stable company network that supports the need of any customer size.

In our business, we also like that the architecture of a company network can be easily changed if the customer requirements change. From single-line sites to Data Centers with high availability and Cloud integration FortiGate can be used in any design.

The different security features that can be added by the license are powerful and integrated into the management dashboard. Updates of protection mechanisms against new threads happen automatically as soon as a new protection mechanism is available when new threads occur. The security team at Fortinet is excellent.

Greetings
Andre

CR
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-10-23T20:16:14Z
Oct 23, 2023

Hi, XG is EOL the new series is XGS, both are excellent equipment but I prefer Fortigate, why ??? DHCP slection, leader SD-WAN, many IPSEC dynamics is possible on SOPHOS but is limit the are conflicts with many IP's dynamics you need to use DDNS, SSL tunnel for remote clients, VRF, advanced routing with OSPF and BGP ("as path"). Greetings  









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