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Sophos Firewall

8.4 /10
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Sophos Firewall
8.4 /10

What is Sophos Firewall?

Sophos Firewall’s Xstream architecture protects your network from the latest threats while accelerating your important SaaS, SD-WAN, and cloud application traffic. Sophos Firewall network security platform helps you consolidate and simplify your cybersecurity with a single vendor, cloud management console, and agent.

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Awards & Recognition

Sophos Firewall won the following awards in the Next Generation Firewall category

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Sophos Firewall Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+90 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Sophos Firewall?

2% Negative
9% Neutral
89% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Web Content Filtering

84

Virtual Firewall

83

Application Control

83

Virtual Private Network

83

Network Access Control

83

Encrypted Data Control

82

Advanced Threat Protection

82

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

81

Sandboxing

81

Identity Based Control

81

DLP Functionality

75

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of IT Administration

84

Ease of Implementation

84

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

81

Quality of Features

81

Vendor Support

80

Ease of Data Integration

80

Business Value Created

80

Breadth of Features

79

Ease of Customization

79

Availability and Quality of Training

77

Sophos Firewall Reviews

Sachin V.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

An enterprise class product, trustworthy.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

Sophos first time deployment is quite simple, UTM features also works really well and are up to date with the industry standards.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Excellent quality app based profiles and bandwidth can be precisely allocated based on the app profiles.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Dashboard is not really good, less user-friendly

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definitely worth a try, best fit in banking and education sectors.

Pros

  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service
  • Saves Time
  • Respectful

Dejan N.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Food and Beverage
  • Involvement: Initial Implementation
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Free for Home Use, very stable

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

Free for home use, you can install it on your old PC and use it as a primary network device

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Virtual Firewall

What do you dislike most about this product?

Need ESXi to see the network adapters

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use it, its cheap and trust

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Unique Features
  • Fair
  • Client's Interest First

Koogentheren G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Transportation
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Ease of Management

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

Ease of administration and management

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The reporting

What do you dislike most about this product?

None at this stage

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This product is absolutely awesome and my Technical team just loves the intuitive reports and what it does.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service

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