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."Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"It can expand easily."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"I have found the solution easy to use and fully integrated."
"I like the dashboard, the interface, the management console, and the remote login."
"Over the past two years, during the COVID pandemic, the VPN has helped us a lot."
"Some of the most valuable features are filtering and application control. The DDoS detection also shows traffic jamming and traffic shaping."
"One of the standout features of Sophos XG is its proprietary VPN technology known as RID (Remote Internet Device). This unique technology provides efficient branch connectivity without the need to invest in additional firewalls for each branch. By utilizing an affordable device called RED, users can effectively control and establish connections in a cost-effective manner. Additionally, the solution is feature-rich."
"The most valuable features are its nice interfaces and configuration. The endpoint is also very good."
"The initial setup is very straightforward and the solution is extremely user-friendly."
"The product has a console that is based in the cloud for all their products. In this console, they have email security, firewall security, endpoint security, et cetera. All of the products on offer in the console are very useful for us."
"The most valuable feature is bandwidth control."
"SSL inspection is a valuable feature."
"In terms of management and visibility, there is a single panel where you can configure the policies for your entire organisation worldwide."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution’s customer service is good."
"The VPN is valuable, as the whole technology is very different from a traditional VPN."
"The data loss prevention feature is the most valuable. It stops our users from inadvertently leaking our customers' data to the Internet or anywhere else it shouldn't go."
"We enjoy all of the proxy capabilities and the capability to integrate into the SIEM/SOC solution."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Data traffic analysis could be better. I think Fortinet products like FortiAnalyzer are very effective in analyzing data traffic. I think it's better than Sophos. It could also be more stable."
"The vendor doesn’t publish the price on the website."
"Sophos can definitely improve with the interoperability between solutions."
"Sophos XG could improve by making the remote access and VPN better."
"Scalability it is a bit limited. We did a sizing exercise before the purchase. But that was just to fit our current needs. There was no room for having an option to upgrade the device. The only option that we have if we are grow in the near future, is to go for another model with higher specs, which is actually more expensive. In other words it doesn't have that modularity ."
"The VPN features can be improved. Due to covid-19, we have a lot of employees that work from home and we need better VPN capabilities."
"Their technical support needs improvement. I've been on hold with them for hours waiting for their support."
"Technical support is difficult to access."
"When you have appliances, SSL inspection is always a headache due to poor performance and/or lack of ciphers implemented. "
"They block Zscaler IPs when the traffic origin is from Zscaler IPs. They've been blocked by certain government organizations so the end users are not able to visit those websites unless we ask them to unblock those IP. This is a bit problematic."
"If they can also integrate with the multi-factor authentication to prompt users to do another, second-factor authentication, that would be ideal."
"The main issue with Zscaler Internet Access is proxy IP detection, which sometimes makes sites inaccessible."
"The OS capabilities and WSL support could be improved."
"The interface for administration could be better. They should upgrade the management portal."
"In terms of usage, here in the GCC, it's still growing a growing market, so the combination of DLP, data leak prevention, to a certain extent is fine. But what it requires is user-based access or role-based access. The solution needs to grow into that, which definitely takes time. There's not an easy way to integrate it, when you have a cloud-based solution."
"Do not expect to pay for the service and start using it, like Gmail. Zscaler requires a proper implementation to be done to make it successful."
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 Meraki MX, 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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