Sophos

Sophos Firewall

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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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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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Contract Negotiation

2023

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020

Sophos Firewall Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

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

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+91 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

Virtual Firewall

Application Control

Virtual Private Network

Network Access Control

Encrypted Data Control

Advanced Threat Protection

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Sandboxing

Identity Based Control

DLP Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Sophos Firewall Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Its simply a fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Rogba A.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Powerful Protection and Performance

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Expose Hidden Risks. Superior visibility into risky activity

What do you dislike most about this product?

Less documents available. Sophos should work on these issues.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Expose Hidden Risks. Superior visibility into risky activity, suspicious traffic, and advanced threats help you regain control of your networks.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Ian B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Secure and Reliable Firewall

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

Sophos has been our provider of firewalls for multiple clients for years. It has been reliable and has not allowed and virus or ransomware outbreaks while we had in use. They have been our number one source for firewall solutions mainly due to the relationship we have built with their sales and support staff.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The administrative console is easy to navigate and allows us to make NAT and firewall rules quickly. We like the web interface and is easy to teach to other techs. The security issues are patched very quickly when there is a vulnerability detected. We like how we can manage the firewalls from the sophos management portal.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The support cases can sometimes sit without a reply. We have had a few instances where the firmware updates made the firewall lose it's configuration. We have had to be careful now when we update as it has been causing issues with applications and also with HA availability. The logs do not show all the connection issues that can arise. The knowledge base articles are too vague and are not updated regularly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Take the time to look into all the firewall options available. Check on pricing and see what would best fit the need of the client. Take training courses or look into resources online to gain knowledge of Sophos firewall before you put into production. Check firewall reviews and see which ones have performed best against certain scenarios.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Acts with Integrity
Client's Interest First

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Sophos Firewall Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Sophos Firewall?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Web Content Filtering Restrictive filtering of web surfing to limit exposure to harmful and inappropriate sites.

Virtual Firewall A VF runs entirely within a virtual environment and provides packet filtering and monitoring provided by a physical firewalls

Application Control The solution provides ICAP support, anti-circumvention support, and an auto-record function of all traffic session details.

Virtual Private Network Offers IPSEC (for site-to-site tunnels) and SSL VPN (for remote access) options.

Network Access Control Endpoint integration to ensure each connecting device has appropriate security.

Encrypted Data Control Native decryption and re-encryption of SSL and SFTP traffic for thorough inspection.

Advanced Threat Protection ATP refers to a category of security solutions that defend against sophisticated malware or hacking-based attacks targeting sensitive data.

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls Firewall features offered as a service at lower cost and scalable infrastructure

Sandboxing Sandboxing is a software management strategy that isolates applications from critical system resources and other programs and tests its contents

Identity Based Control Mapping of specific security policies to defined user groups and individuals.

DLP Functionality The solution provides DLP functionality consisting of sensitive data detection with multiple enforcement actions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Sophos Firewall Reviews

Its simply a fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Rogba A.

Powerful Protection and Performance

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ian B.

Secure and Reliable Firewall

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Web Content Filtering

Virtual Firewall

Application Control

Virtual Private Network

Network Access Control

Encrypted Data Control

Advanced Threat Protection

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Sandboxing

Identity Based Control

DLP Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training