We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Sophos XGS 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 most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"Spam filtering is what I love most about XGS."
"It's user-friendly and quite easy to configure. It's easy to communicate with the Sophos support team."
"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."
"Sophos XGS has contributed to the reduction of the overall security costs of our company's customers."
"The most valuable features in Sophos XGS are bandwidth management, content filtering, and WAN link management failover. If one internet activity or one link would fail, automatically it will switch over to another one."
"Compared to other products, Sophos XGS is a user-friendly solution."
"The threat intelligence capabilities of the tool are good."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XGS are a set of functionalities that are quite commendable, they call it synchronized security, where all the solutions share defense lines with each other."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
"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."
"Sophos XGS could improve the automation system. It could be better if there was some level of automation, attacks automation, meaning if this happens, then it automatically executes a particular process."
"There are some bugs relating to the product that allow VPN users to bypass the firewall."
"The solution could have a bit more functionality."
"I recommend Sophos increase the user capacity of the firewall by 1.5 times. For example, say the firewall can accommodate 1,000 users now, then it should handle a load of 1,500 users."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"It would be nice to have features like the network access control (NAC) that Cisco has for Identity Services Engine. In the next release, I would also like to see an increase in the performance of the processing units."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Sophos XGS is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Firebox and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Sophos XGS report.
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Hi Rahul,
I'm an IT consultant, specializing in networking and firewalls. Actually, I'm implementing Fortigates 100F and Sophos XGS2100 in customers' infrastructures.
They are two big advantages for Sophos XGS:
1) The second CPU XStream, dedicated to firewalling and UTM functions, like Web Filtering, Web Application Firewall, IPS, etc.: https://news.sophos.com/en-us/...
2) The Sophos "Synchronized Security", interaction with the client protection, centralized in a cloud console: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/c...
With this Xstream processor (ASIC), an XGS2100 is more powerful than a Fortigate 100F...and no way with pricing, Sophos is cheaper.
Regards,
A.Rastello
Hi Rahul, I agree with the answers from Michael and Alexandre, the most important decision to take is to determine what your requirements are.
I have the Sophos XGS 2100 firewall in our customers' environment and its performance is much more powerful, for the reason of the Xstream processor that takes a little time to scan HTTPS protocols and apply TLS policies over the connections.
We have a lot of Sophos firewalls in the field. I agree to the answer from Alexandre. The Sophos Firewall is the more powerfull firewall. But maybe it's a good idea to explore the XGS 3100 because of the hardware like 10gbit.
With kind regards,