Excellent Security product
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use as well as comprehensive security.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Gui can be slow even when logged on locally.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Protects our locations as well as interconnecting via SDWand and SSL VPN.
Deployment is straightforward while interface complexity leads to challenges
What is our primary use case?
Our main use case at the moment for Sophos XG is to create a site-to-site VPN with one of our clients. We cannot use AWS VPN, so we use Sophos XG.
We only used the VPN functionality. We did not explore other aspects of the product beyond the VPN capabilities.
What is most valuable?
The IPsec VPN is the only feature we utilized in Sophos XG. We did not explore the web and application filtering capabilities, and these features have not helped our organization in managing bandwidth or access to malicious sites.
What needs improvement?
The user-friendly interface of Sophos XG is acceptable but too complicated. There are many options and configurations, but it is very complicated to navigate through all those options if you are not familiar with the product.
Sophos XG can be improved by making the UI more user-friendly. They should add packet capture functionality in the UI instead of requiring users to access the server directly for this purpose, as it is a very useful tool that everyone needs. Additionally, it can be confusing when working in the AWS Marketplace, as users might mistakenly purchase the old version of Sophos XG.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Sophos XG for three or four months. It is new, and we may discontinue using this product because it has not met our requirements.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Considering the deployment flexibility of the Sophos XG firewall, hybrid deployments have not supported our organization's diverse technological infrastructure.
It is a bit early to tell, but Sophos XG is adequate for my company's growing needs at present.
How are customer service and support?
I have not tried their customer service and technical support.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have considered other solutions before Sophos XG, including pfSense, AWS firewall, and Kato firewall.
I was previously using AWS firewall and Kato firewall before switching to Sophos XG.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with deploying Sophos XG was easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing was through AWS.
What other advice do I have?
I do not use the security heartbeat functionality.
I have not tried the synchronized security feature of the Sophos XG firewall.
I am not particularly interested in being a reference to the vendor. We do not use Sophos extensively, so I may not provide substantial insights.
What led me to consider changing was that we thought the VPN configuration was not working because of the product we used to work with, so we tried other alternatives.
On a scale of 1-10, I would rate Sophos XG a seven or eight, though this rating is limited by our minimal usage of the product.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sophos Firewall Protection
What do you like best about the product?
Sophos firewall user interface is clean and intuitive. Its web filtering and application control work seamlessly and provide peace of mind.
What do you dislike about the product?
The authentication speed to accessing internet through wireless is about one minute waiting which is very slow. Auto loading of network shares on VPN connection is very complex, Internet bandwidth usage monitoring on different VLAN interfaces is not possible and the licensing prices are high (not affordable)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am being protected against cyber threats. Sophos firewall is benefiting me through unified security management via Sophos Central and simplifying the overall network security
Advanced Security and Central Management
What do you like best about the product?
Web protection , ATP, sync security with sophos central
What do you dislike about the product?
Complex Licensing Model, firmware degradation
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing Remote Users Securely -sophos supports SSL/IPSec VPN, ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access), and secure web gateways.
Compliance and Data Loss Risks
Transiction from UTM Firewall to XGS
What do you like best about the product?
Gui interface and security features - ease of use
What do you dislike about the product?
No migrate tool from UTM Firewall, no access from remote to secondary firewall
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
cybersecurity
A Network beast. Perfect set-up for our IT Infrastructure.
What do you like best about the product?
Best NGFW amongst peers, as i have used others as well.
Great unified management console. Ease of use is unmatched. Easily Implemented.
What do you dislike about the product?
Best in class unified console. Great performance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IT team is relieved that one of the best product is implemented. Team can focus on their KPI's with relaxed mind.
Easy to use and learn from unified console.
Runs without problems and is reliable
What do you like best about the product?
It runs smoothly and is reliable, the user interface is simple, and the support is great.
What do you dislike about the product?
The setup was somewhat lengthy and could be simpler.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
So far, everything is running smoothly.
Sophos firewall
What do you like best about the product?
sophos firewall blocks threats in harmony with sophos endpoint. It also eliminates 3rd party threats with integration.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would be happy if the user interface was simplified a bit.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Eliminates hacking encryption risks
affordable solution with high standards
What do you like best about the product?
The firewall is secure and straightforward. If you have any questions, the customer support helps directly and solution-oriented. In my operation, the firewall is used daily. The integration of the firewall was super easy into our daily use and includes many features.
What do you dislike about the product?
The start for me with little prior knowledge was a bit bumpy.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Failed VPN connections (e.g., IPSec or SSL-VPN not working)
Sophos Firewalls: Good Value and Great for SMB's
What do you like best about the product?
It is a very cost effective solution. It packs a lot of value with features. The obn-boarding is very smooth and good for organizations that do not have a lot of IT expertise in-house available. Good for both Medium sized and small business alike.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sophos Admin Consoles are klunky and a little disjointed. Their workflows are not like anything else on the market, so it takes time to get used to it. It is designed by Engineers for Engineers. You spend a lot of time jumping around to completely different areas in the console for dealing with a single issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Securing our Datacenter and Branches. We removed our MPLS network and implement SD-WAN between our branches. There is good endpoint security, web filtering and application control along with Sophos Central integration for cloud management.
