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Sophos Central vs VyOS Platform comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Sophos Central
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VyOS Platform
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
15th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of Sophos Central is 1.2%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VyOS Platform is 2.3%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Serge GROLLIER - PeerSpot reviewer
Scalable product, integration of artificial intelligence improves security posture but not easy to push global policies and support needs improvement
There's an issue with Sophos France, where their policies differ from Sophos Global. For example, we're a customer in China. For years, I've tried contacting resellers in China or Sophos China to deploy firewalls there. It's impossible to do business with Sophos when they don't answer our questions. That's the situation. We simply can't have a proper conversation with Sophos China. They seem uninterested in international exchange. Pushing global rules and policies to all devices from Central isn't easy. You can do it for all endpoints, which is fine. But you can't do the same with firewalls. Firewall management with Central is very limited. You can connect one firewall to another and tell it, "I want one policy for all my customer's firewalls," but that's not possible. For a customer with multiple firewalls, you can't say, "This works for France, Great Britain, Canada," and push it. It's not possible.
Borislav Andric - PeerSpot reviewer
The product is free, and the initial setup is easy, but it is missing some features, and it is not stable
The product is missing some features. Some features are not implemented the way we expect them to be. The tool doesn’t have the same quality as other commercial vendors like Cisco. There were some problems with IPsec. For a long time, the tool did not support VTI tunnels. I also faced some problems with some specific networking solutions. I couldn’t set the source IP. I would like to have a hardware solution in the future.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is that we use it predominantly for monitoring and anomaly detection."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The most valuable features of Sophos Central are total threat hunting and detection response."
"Sophos Central provides reports on downloads. It alerts the admin when users use their personal computers. The product is also flexible."
"The most important feature is definitely the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tool. It allows us to track malware and other incidents in our environment."
"The interface, especially when using the software center, is quite user-friendly and easy to navigate."
"The product's installation phase was easy."
"The best thing about Sophos Central is how it brings all its security solutions together in one place."
"It is an open-source product."
 

Cons

"The solution must provide a separate app for Tamper Protection."
"In future releases, I would like to see a complete XDR solution in Sophos. I want to see its capability. I want to understand how it works compared to Trend Micro, specifically its features and how it gears up."
"Pushing global rules and policies to all devices from Central isn't easy. You can do it for all endpoints, which is fine. But you can't do the same with firewalls. Firewall management with Central is very limited. You can connect one firewall to another and tell it, "I want one policy for all my customer's firewalls," but that's not possible. For a customer with multiple firewalls, you can't say, "This works for France, Great Britain, Canada," and push it. It's not possible."
"The product needs to improve monitoring since it gives false positives. It needs also to improve pricing."
"There were challenges we faced with generating reports for the physical firewall in certain instances."
"Maybe the license pricing could be improved."
"SSID authentication has to be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the password recovery process within the Sophos Central solution."
"The product is missing some features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an affordable solution."
"Though I don't know the exact price of the product, I know that the tool is worth the money."
"There is a one-time fee for the hardware and an annual subscription fee, which is pretty good because we can get free updates."
"The price is reasonable."
"The tool's pricing is good."
"When compared to the market, it's relatively more cost-effective."
"Pricing is on a device basis."
"The product is not expensive."
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Sophos Central?
One of the significant advantages of Sophos is its affordability compared to other technologies like Check Point and Fortinet.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos Central?
There is a one-time fee for the hardware and an annual subscription fee, which is pretty good because we can get free updates.
What needs improvement with Sophos Central?
I am okay with the product. I don't need any more features in the solution since it is already too large of a system. The solution has new services that are a big improvement from Sophos and Tron, ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VyOS Platform?
It is an open-source product. The free version is not stable. We can have a stable and supported version with a licensing agreement and subscription.
What needs improvement with VyOS Platform?
The product is missing some features. Some features are not implemented the way we expect them to be. The tool doesn’t have the same quality as other commercial vendors like Cisco. There were some ...
 

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