We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks PA-Series and Sophos XG 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 features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"It's very easy to configure."
"The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"Palo Alto blocks the new threats better than other tools."
"It is stable when you set up something and put it into production. Once it works, you don't have other tasks or actions to perform."
"The most effective features for threat prevention in the PA-Series are its integration with Cortex and the use of machine learning AI for advanced threat detection."
"Palo Alto Networks firewalls offer single-mode panel processing with live scanning."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"A valuable feature that we can consider is the deployment time, which is significantly reduced, almost 90% faster compared to other solutions. This leads to quicker deployment and less downtime."
"The product's most valuable feature is web filtering."
"It offers a seamless transition from one option to another, making it exceptionally versatile and user-friendly in an enterprise setting."
"The most valuable features are the central management, the user VPN, and communications."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the user management system."
"This solution is very user-friendly and even a non-professional can configure the policies."
"Reporting is the most valuable feature."
"Sophos Control Center is a good feature. We can monitor everything from the control panel."
"A valuable feature involves the solution's manageability."
"IPS works smoothly."
"My clients gain efficiency in protecting against attacks from malware such as ransomware and hacker attacks. It also provides them efficient internet access control, and full visibility of ports, applications, and websites."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The product must provide multiple threat detection features."
"The product's gateway services can be improved."
"Currently, they are not protected with any data security when they work from home or outside the network. They surf the Internet directly and should implement a proxy or firewall to monitor the data between the endpoint and the internet."
"As we migrate fully into the cloud, additional features like capacity upgrading and improvements to hardware resources will be necessary, especially since our equipment consists of older-generation switches and routers."
"Utilizing these features as a unified solution can require additional setup, particularly when incorporating Panorama for centralized management, which may involve extra costs."
"In future releases, maybe Palo Alto can enhance and enlarge their portfolio with SIEM solutions. They already have an endpoint protection solution, SOAR solution, that's fine. But when it comes to standalone IDS/IPS solution or email security solution, for example, we don't have any product in that category for Palo Alto."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is complicated to configure compared to one of its competitors."
"The technical support offered by Palo Alto is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Scalability could be improved. It could be better."
"For the moment, managing the Sophos interface is a little bit challenging."
"The user interface could be better."
"The price should be cheaper."
"They should expand their DDoS feature. It's basic. They need to enhance it."
"The solution could be improved if it offered more documentation or at least provided more information about the products themselves."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements to simplify the interface and more policy deployments."
"It would be better if they made their own hardware like Palo Alto and Fortinet. They use their own ASICs and claim it is more secure."
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 28 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with OPNsense, SonicWall NSa, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Palo Alto Networks PA-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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