SonicWall TZ vs Sophos XG comparison

SonicWall and Sophos are both solutions in the Firewalls category. SonicWall is ranked #10 with an average rating of 9.0, while Sophos is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.4. SonicWall holds a 2.6% mindshare in Firewalls, compared to Sophos’s 11.3% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of SonicWall users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Sophos users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 29, 2024

SonicWall TZ and Sophos XG are two robust firewall solutions catering to network security needs. Sophos XG has the upper hand due to its advanced features, making it a preferred choice despite the higher price.

Features: SonicWall TZ is recognized for solid performance, VPN capabilities, and comprehensive threat protection. Sophos XG impresses with sophisticated networking features, robust reporting, and seamless integration.

Room for Improvement: SonicWall TZ users often request better reporting features, a more user-friendly management interface, and enhanced threat analysis. Sophos XG users highlight the need for improved support response times, a more intuitive configuration process, and streamlined firmware updates.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SonicWall TZ is generally seen as easy to set up and configure, with reliable customer support. In contrast, some users find Sophos XG's initial setup challenging despite thorough documentation. Both solutions provide dependable customer service, albeit with different strengths.

Pricing and ROI: SonicWall TZ offers attractive pricing and satisfactory ROI, making it appealing, especially for smaller enterprises. Sophos XG, while more expensive, justifies its cost with superior features and performance, leading to a better long-term ROI for many organizations.

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SonicWall TZ vs. Sophos XG

October 2024

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Fortinet FortiGate

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Firewalls category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiGate is 19.8%, up from 17.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonicWall TZ is 2.6%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos XG is 11.3%, up from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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DineshKumar28

Senior Manager at Cognizant

Sep 25, 2024

Effective threat prevention with responsive customer support

We are using Fortinet FortiGate as a firewall Fortinet FortiGate has been invaluable. It has helped save costs due to its various features, reliable performance, very good UI, low latency, and stability. The Threat Intel engine in Fortinet FortiGate is highly rated for its effectiveness in…

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Sathish Ravichandran

Server & Cloud Architect at Icare

Oct 18, 2023

Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services

The multi-core architecture allows the running of multiple instances for checking files, even handling more than 2 GB of data. It has inbuilt reporting features, reducing the cost of external monitoring software. It's well-suited for organizations that need to transfer and scan large files. The scalability is good for small and medium-sized enterprises, but for organizations with more than 200 users, the cost can become a limiting factor. It is more suitable for large enterprises, especially for organizations with over 4,000 users. However, there could be flexibility in licensing, allowing organizations to cater to their specific needs and pay for the features and licenses they require. It can help reduce costs. I rate its scalability a seven out of ten.

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Akshay Y P

Technical Support Engineer at Digitaltrack

Feb 20, 2024

Has good technical support services, but the GUI needs enhancement

The product’s new variant allows for faster processing of data packets from LAN to WAN, surpassing the capabilities of an 8G firewall. It provides threat prevention features, including WAF, IPS, and AV. We have configured SSL VPN capabilities for different branches, which have been working efficiently. For our minimalistic usage, it has been performing well in transferring data from on-premise devices. It helps us generate detailed reports on the dashboard. The product’s integration with Sophos Central enhances security architecture by enabling centralized management under a single dashboard. We recommend Sophos XG as a priority as it is much more reliable and has efficient technical assistance. It is much easier for configuration, web filtering, or web extension than one of its competitors. I rate it a seven out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."

"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."

"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."

"The usage in general is pretty good."

"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."

"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."

"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"

"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."

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"The network security is great."

"We are very much happy with the support."

"SonicWall TZ is stable."

"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."

"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."

"The solution is priced fairly and competitively."

"The site-to-site VPN connections, content filtering, and in our current remote working situation, SSL VPN remote desktop connectivity are the most valuable features."

"From our point of view, the most valuable feature was the ease of deployment."

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"The solution is stable. I've had very few problems with it."

"We recommend Sophos XG as a priority as it is much more reliable and has efficient technical assistance."

"I have found configuring the ports to be easier in Sophos XG compared to the other devices."

"The solution's technical support is good."

"I like the dashboard, the interface, the management console, and the remote login."

"As a security solution, it's a very good security solution."

"I like their firewall and the intrusion detection feature"

"Price-wise the solution offers acceptable rates. You can find cheaper solutions on the market but when you go cheaper you have fewer features. Today, based on iQuate market the price is very reasonable and affordable, and it's good if you get a good discount. Discounts can be offered by the vendor. If it's a competitive upgrade which means the customer is upgrading from another vendor, Sophos provides extra discount so they can win the deal. In general, it is a good price."

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Cons

"The pricing could always be better."

"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."

"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."

"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."

"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."

"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."

"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."

"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."

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"We require centralized monitoring of the network features, which they have but they are not to the level that we require."

"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."

"We have experienced some issues with SonicWall TZ and they are lacking some advanced features other vendors have."

"Its pricing can be better. It is very expensive."

"The price could be better for us in Bolivia."

"The reporting analytics could be improved, it is very unstable."

"I would like them to make the interface a little bit easier to use so you can find out where in the heck you're going instead of having to go to 15 different places to get something installed."

"There is still room for improvement, and it's not advisable even if the organization has grown."

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"I would like to have remote access to clients using a static IP for a certain period of time."

"Our clients use Karios, and while it integrates well with it, the integration could be improved."

"In the next release, I would like to see improvements to simplify the interface and more policy deployments."

"Sophos XG could improve by making the remote access and VPN better."

"XG is at its end of life. People are moving to XGS."

"We are facing some technical issues with Sophos XG right now. We have already escalated this issue with the Sophos technical support. They seem to be working on it. We are satisfied with the technical support. They reply quickly to our queries, but sometimes take time upgrading their systems."

"They can lower its price. It is very expensive. We are looking for a less expensive solution depending on our budget. They can also improve it in terms of firewall protection."

"Sophos XG does not have the ability to disconnect a user."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is too expensive for us. My organization is very small, and we have a total of ten users. We have three internal users and seven external users. The FortiGate 100D series is too expensive for renewing the licenses."

"This is not a cheap solution but it isn't expensive, either. It's a good solution for the right price."

"I do not have first-hand experience with the rice of Fortinet FortiGate, but I have heard the price was reasonable."

"The price for the device and software is high. However, the solution is of good quality and has a lot of features."

"Setup costs and pricing depends on many variables, but it's mostly affordable."

"The price is highly competitive when compared to other brands that offer similar functionality."

"Fortinet has one or two license types, and the VPN numbers are only limited by the hardware chassis make."

"The price of FortiGate is reasonable as I plan to buy new switches. The initial gadgets are already booted, and the pricing seems normal on the market. As for additional costs, I haven't subscribed to many extra features, so I'm only using what I need. Last year, I renewed the support for three years, which can sometimes be expensive but depends on the security benefits and how it helps us."

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"I give the price an eight out of ten."

"It is highly priced and has a slow performance compared to other firewalls."

"The price of SonicWall TZ is good for medium-sized companies."

"Licensing costs have been around $2,000. There are no other costs above the standard licensing fees."

"It comes to a range between five hundred to seven hundred dollars."

"There are a few features that are licensed and there should be more that are licensed. The price of the solution is midrange compared to others, I have not had anyone complain."

"Its pricing is okay as compared to other solutions."

"The firewall with the servers costs about 80 pounds a month. We get the device, and it is replaced every two or three years."

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"It is fairly priced."

"Support costs are approximately 50 percent."

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

"Sophos XG is a very good solution, and it's cheaper than most of the other vendors. It is really affordable."

"It comes at a fair price as compared to some of the other products out there. Its price is in the middle. It is not the cheapest, and it is also not as expensive as Juniper, Check Point, and definitely Cisco. Nowadays, everybody is very cost-sensitive, and people don't want to spend unnecessary money, but even before that, it was a fairly priced product. You've got your choice of what license you want. There are basically two types of licenses, and it depends on what you need to do, and everything is included in that license. There is no cost for VPN and DMZ. You purchase the license, and you know upfront what you're getting or what you're not getting, and that's it. It is one license fee and done and dusted."

"I don't believe we have a license for this product."

"Currently, we have a contract for three years. It would be good if its price is reduced before we renew the contract. We will buy the equipment if it is cheaper."

"The Sophos pricing, in general, is better than SonicWall, Fortinet, WatchGuard, or anybody else."

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Also Known As

FortiGate 60b, FortiGate 60c, FortiGate 80c, FortiGate 50b, FortiGate 200b, FortiGate 110c, FortiGate

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Overview

Fortinet FortiGate enhances network security, prevents unauthorized access, and offers robust firewall protection. Valued features include advanced threat protection, reliable performance, and a user-friendly interface. It improves efficiency, streamlines processes, and boosts collaboration, providing valuable insights for informed decision-making and growth.

The secure, sophisticated SonicWALL TZ is widely deployed at small businesses, retail, government, remote sites and branch offices. It combines high-performance intrusion prevention, malware blocking, content/URL filtering and application control.

Sophos XG is a versatile network security solution that offers network protection, firewall management, VPN access, web filtering, and intrusion prevention, providing comprehensive security for businesses from small offices to large enterprises.

Sophos XG stands out for its Synchronized Security, easy setup, and robust templates. It manages VPN access, protects against threats, and handles load balancing and traffic monitoring. The cloud-based management, centralized dashboard, and detailed logging make it user-friendly and reliable. Integration of features like email protection, SD-WAN, and unified threat management ensures a broad spectrum of security needs are covered. However, it could benefit from improvements in network security, user portals, technical support, and more scalable SD-WAN features.

What are the key features of Sophos XG?

Synchronized Security: Orchestrates threat intelligence sharing between endpoints and firewall.
Unlimited SSL VPN Clients: Provides extensive VPN client support for secure remote access.
Cloud-Based Management: Facilitates remote administration with a cloud-hosted platform.
Intrusion Prevention: Detects and blocks potential threats in real-time.
Centralized Dashboard: Offers a comprehensive view of network security status.

What benefits and ROI should users look for in reviews?

Scalability: Easily adapts to growing business needs.
User-Friendliness: Simplified setup and intuitive management.
Effective Threat Protection: Provides robust security against a wide range of threats.
Comprehensive Reporting: Delivers detailed insights and analytics.
Cost-Effectiveness: Competitive in pricing with flexible deployment options.

Sophos XG is implemented across industries such as healthcare, education, and finance to secure sensitive data and ensure regulatory compliance. It aids in endpoint protection, application control, load balancing, and traffic monitoring essential for these industries. Enhancing network security, simplifying VPN setup, and integrating adaptive security features remain focal points for businesses.

Sample Customers

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Dell, HP, Oracle, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Vodafone, Orange, BT Group, Telstra, Deutsche Telekom, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, CenturyLink, NTT Communications, Tata Communications, SoftBank, China Mobile, Singtel, Telus, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, Telkom Indonesia, Telkom South Africa, Telmex, Telia Company, Telkom Kenya

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