pfSense vs Sophos XG
We performed a comparison between pfSense vs Sophos XG based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The solution can scale well."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"It is very easy to use. The interface is quite understandable. There is a good community, and I can take over at any time I want. If there is anything wrong with it, I could just reinstall the whole thing and start all over again, and I'll be up again in less than a few minutes"
"It is a better firewall than others and it has better features."
"Creation of certificates and the facility to administer services are valuable features."
"The initial setup was straightforward, therefore I wanted to continue using the product."
"Centralized administration with multiple services, which allows for execution in several important functionalities of information security."
"We generally use it because it's cheap. When we need something more robust we use Barracuda and Sony Wireless Routers. For certain clients, we use pfSense because it's compatible with the VoIP platform."
"The performance and functionality are good."
"My company mainly works in the health and educational domain, schools and universities. I prevent the improper use of content from schools and universities. I defend the medical records for the patients in our hospitals. That is the main use case for me for the firewall."
"The SL VPNs are the most valuable feature. I have a lot of systems out of the head office that need to connect to the local networks, and they all connect wirelessly via the Sophos VPN client."
"Dashboard is easy to use and the reporting offers a lot of detail."
"The most valuable feature is web filtering."
"The most valuable feature is the central dashboard"
"In terms of the functionality, I think it's pretty straightforward. It's easy to pick up. It's also user-friendly."
"The solution is a next generation firewall and we have gotten good customer feedback."
"Good security and a good interface."
"It's a complete firewall solution that has everything."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"The security could be improved."
"pfSense is not user-friendly. I hope to have something to make the interfaces more user-friendly."
"The hotspot and the portal feature in this solution are not stable for WiFi access. We use it at least once or twice every day and it crashes. Some modules can be better by improving detection and having new updates. Additionally, we have some issues with clustering and load balancing that could improve."
"Perhaps the documentation is not clear and because it is supported in the community there is no basic documentation."
"The GUI could use improvements, though it is manageable."
"This product needs improvements with respect to reporting and auditing."
"My only observation is about the quality of the IPSec logs, which are difficult to interpret and are poor in filters."
"It could use a little bit of improvement in the reporting."
"It would be great if the user can have a portal to check on activities related to their account."
"I am using the Azure Active Directory in my company and it was complicated to integrate this solution with Azure."
"Sophos XG could improve by making the remote access and VPN better."
"Support could be improved."
"They should expand their DDoS feature. It's basic. They need to enhance it."
"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."
"Everything is working as expected at this moment, but the anti-spam solution in Sophos XG needs to be improved. It needs more granular features and more stability. The anti-spam solution currently doesn't have many features, and we would like to have more features. At this moment, there is no expression filter for anti-spam. We need something to be able to filter subjects or attachments in emails based on the keyword. Sometimes, there is an issue with anti-spam, and Sophos XG suddenly stops processing incoming or outgoing emails. The only solution for this issue is to restart the appliance. Their support should be improved. It takes a long time to escalate a support case from level one to level two."
"The current bandwidth consumption is no longer shown in the XG and XGS."
Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, KerioControl, Sophos UTM, Cisco Secure Firewall and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX and Sophos UTM. See our Netgate pfSense vs. Sophos XG report.
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