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Sophos Central vs VyOS Platform comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Sophos Central
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
36
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VyOS Platform
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
25th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of Sophos Central is 0.3%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VyOS Platform is 0.4%, down from 2.4% 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

"One of the standout features is its highly detailed and user-friendly graphical interface."
"Sophos Central is a good and easy-to-manage product."
"One significant advantage is its competitive dashboard compared to Trend Micro."
"Sophos Central is cloud-based, which allows the administrator to control everything from anywhere. It is free for most of the products except the firewall."
"What I find most valuable in Sophos Central is its clear and detailed threat visibility on the dashboard."
"The user interface of Sophos Central is excellent. One standout feature is the ease of identifying endpoints. Another noteworthy aspect is the real-time visibility into malware threats. The solution is stable. I contacted the support team two or three times, and they responded promptly each time. They addressed my queries and concerns quickly. The initial setup was straightforward."
"One of the most valuable features of Sophos Central is its Synchronized Security."
"It is easy to save time using the Sophos Central centralized dashboard. It's definitely easier because you're in one place with all the products."
"It is an open-source product."
 

Cons

"Compared to GFI KerioControl, Sophos Firewall can be made much faster at setting up VPN clients and site-to-site VPNs."
"Maybe the license pricing could be improved."
"Additionally, Sophos Central can be resource-intensive, demanding servers with a minimum of eight gigabytes of RAM, which may pose considerations for larger organizations dealing with legacy applications tied to specific OS and hardware configurations."
"There were challenges we faced with generating reports for the physical firewall in certain instances."
"The product does not have a dedicated MFA."
"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."
"I would like to see improvements in the password recovery process within the Sophos Central solution."
"Sophos Central must incorporate a diagrammatic graphical user interface for its practices and compliances."
"The product is missing some features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a one-time fee for the hardware and an annual subscription fee, which is pretty good because we can get free updates."
"Sophos Central is moderately priced."
"The product is inexpensive."
"The product is expensive. However, you can get discounts for over 100 users."
"When compared to the market, it's relatively more cost-effective."
"It is an affordable solution."
"Sophos Central is an affordable solution that any mid-level customer can buy."
"It is not cheap, it is expensive. The price is too much."
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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?
The firewall capabilities of Sophos Central need improvement. I have found it somewhat limited, and I prefer to work directly on the device for firewall management.
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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