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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
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
8.5
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VyOS Platform
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
26th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of Sophos Central is 0.3%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VyOS Platform is 0.4%, down from 2.3% 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

"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."
"Sophos Central is a good and easy-to-manage product."
"The most valuable feature is that it protects my IT infrastructure from attacks."
"The most valuable features of Sophos Central are total threat hunting and detection response."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The standout feature is its focus on indexing, primarily designed for managing reports and logs from 500 to 1,000 endpoints, including Windows 10 hosts within the network."
"One of the most valuable features of Sophos Central is its Synchronized Security."
"What I find most valuable in Sophos Central is its clear and detailed threat visibility on the dashboard."
"It is an open-source product."
 

Cons

"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 main drawback lies in the weak after-sales support system."
"The tamper protection password is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"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."
"Sophos Central must incorporate a diagrammatic graphical user interface for its practices and compliances."
"SSID authentication has to be improved."
"Having and option for endpoint security on mobile devices, it would be advantageous."
"The initial setup was moderately straightforward, around six or seven out of ten on the complexity scale. While it wasn't overly complicated, the multifactor authentication posed a challenge initially."
"The product is missing some features."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool's pricing is good."
"The product is expensive compared to other products like Fortinet and Microsoft Defender."
"It's not considered a cheap solution and falls more in the moderate pricing category."
"It is not cheap, it is expensive. The price is too much."
"The pricing of Sophos is quite reasonable and generally cheaper compared to competitors like Fortinet and Check Point."
"The solution is moderately expensive."
"Sophos Central is moderately priced."
"It is rather 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?
The product has a reasonable price considering the cybersecurity services it offers.
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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