Sophos XG Reviews

We are a digital design agency. We offer services such as website design and development, mobile applications, and more. We use Sophos XG to protect our network. It is also used for reporting and load-balancing.

The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage.

The load-balancing capabilities are good.

All of the options should be available when I renew my subscription for the year. As it is now, there are some limitations.

We have been using Sophos XG for between two and three years.

This is a stable product and we use it on a daily basis.

I have not tried to scale this product.

I have not had issues that required contacting technical support.

The initial setup is simple. It takes approximately one hour to install, create the policies, and deploy.

I deployed it myself.

If there are any issues then I can fix them because I have the expertise.

The subscription costs approximately $300 yearly. I am satisfied with the price.

Feature-wise, this is a good product.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

I am using Sophos XG for network security.

The most valuable features are the reporting, dashboards, and graphical user interface. It gives a good overall picture of what is happening over the network.

There have been some issues when upgrading. For some reason, parts of the configuration become unconfigured, I then have to reconfigure it. I should not need to keep reconfiguring it after upgrades.

I have been using this solution for approximately four years.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable.

There needs to be more tutorials and documentation. I have not done a lot of configuration because I need more training.

We were previously using Cyberoam.

The initial setup was not difficult to complete. I have not been trained as a Sophos administrator and it would have been easier if I had training. 

I recommend this solution to others.

I rate Sophos XG a nine out of ten.

We mainly use this solution for team meetings. We also implemented the LAN control for Sophos XG.

We have been dealing with this solution for the past four years and we haven't had any challenges or complaints from any of our clients.

We created and configured a VPN for connecting our remote sites to make them more secure and reliable. We also like its two-factor authentication features.

The support service level agreement in regard to the amount of time needed to upgrade things is too low. It should be higher.

I have been using Sophos XG for roughly four years. 

This solution is both stable and secure.

The technical support is good enough. 

I would absolutely recommend this solution to others. It's far better than other solutions available on the market right now. This solution could benefit any organization. 

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of nine. 

Sophos RED, because this makes it very easy to deploy new sites, without the need of static IP addresses and a completely new firewall setup. The rule-based use is the same as if it were internal to the central site.

Web Protection, because this feature implements rules on user/group basis and this is done on the firewall rules itself. So it is easy to check.

Sophos Sandstorm, because it implements sandboxing so downloaded files are checked by hash or checked by unpacking it in within the Sophos Cloud.

With its central management console, it implements an intuitive management console with change tracking. So it’s easy to see who has made changes and to keep track of changes.

Email Protection has room for improvement. It doesn’t have an intuitive rule base. I would much like it to be like the Sophos UTM software. The level of detail in the settings is much too low.

I have been personally using this product for almost two years now.

In our business, we have been using the product alongside the Sophos SG for more than a year now.

The first firmware versions were not that stable and had a lot of bugs in it. From Version SF 16 and above, the stability has improved a lot.

We didn’t encounter any issues with scalability as of yet.

Technical support, I would rate it as a six, because the technical expertise level from this product is below the level I’m used to. Also, the response times have increased since the launch of Sophos XG.

We used the Sophos UTM software. We did switch for some customers to the Sophos XG solution because of the customer’s needs.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. The only downside is that a Sophos Account is necessary to activate the box. It has an intuitive setup to take care of the basic settings needed to connect to the internet.

Pricing of the hardware box is the same as Sophos UTM, but the licenses are a little more expensive. The most used license is the Enterprise Guard, it implements Network Protection and Web Protection in a bundle with support.

We evaluate other options for our customers constantly. We select the product which is best suited to the situation. We evaluate Sophos UTM, Sophos XG, and Meraki.

The product has much potential to be one of the best on the market according to bang for bucks. But look critically to the features you want and the features that are available with this product. Don’t select this product just yet for email filtering, because it is underdeveloped.

We are IT, service providers, here in Pakistan, we provide solutions for our customers.

We deploy this solution for the health care industry, in hospitals.

There are many valuable features.

It's a good product.

It is not recommended for larger enterprise customers.

They need to improve the SD-WAN feature.

As we are service providers, we have deployed multiple deployments of Sophos XG for our customers.

Our clients are using the latest version.

Sophos XG is a reliable product.

Sophos XG is easy to scale.

We have eight to ten customers who are using this solution.

Technical support is good but there is a delay in response.

The response time needs improvement.

We deal with Fortinet and Sangfor as well.

The initial setup is easy to apply. It is not complex.

The product is well priced. We are happy with the pricing.

The license is subscription-based.

I would recommend this solution for less than 5,000 users.

I would rate Sophos XG an eight out of ten.

We use Sophos XG to provide access to our internal environment, to our infrastructure for our clients.

It is easy to implement.

It is very secure, which is why we have chosen it.

It is already secure but it could be better in terms of other breaches that may occur.

I have been using the latest version of Sophos XG for a few months.

It's a stable solution.

Sophos XG is scalable.

This solution is being used by approximately 800 to 1,000 people.

Technical support is very good. They are very prompt.

I have not used any other solutions before using Sophos XG.

The initial setup is straightforward. It is easy to install and it only took a few hours to do.

You only need one person to maintain this solution.

We have an in-house team to install and deploy the solution. We did not use an integrator.

We pay our licensing fees yearly.

I don't think that it is expensive when you compare it with other solutions available on the market.

We have not had any issues with this solution. I would recommend it and my advice is that people should definitely try it out.

I would rate Sophos XG a nine or a ten out of ten.

I use this solution for a firewall and proxy server.

The valuable features of this solution are the VPN, load balancer, and the QoS for splitting the ISP band.

The reports could improve, they do not seem complete and more information could be added.

I have been using the solution for approximately two years.

I am very happy with the stability of the solution.

There are currently five people using this solution in my organization.

The technical support is good and they provided me assistance through email.

The initial setup is easy. It takes approximately three hours to install.

There is a license required for this solution that is priced well and all the features are included.

I would recommend this solution, it is very good.

I rate Sophos XG a ten out of ten.

I have found the solution easy to use and fully integrated.

The solution could improve by having better security.

I have been using this solution for one year.

In my experience, I have found it to be scalable.

The installation took approximately one day to complete.

We did the implementation of the solution and we used a team of two.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Sophos XG a nine out of ten.