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Sophos

Sophos Firewall

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

107 Reviews Write a Review

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 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Contract Negotiation

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Contract Negotiation

2023

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021

2020 Data Quadrant Champion

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

98 Plan to Renew

Up 1
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Down 1
Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 92%
Negotiation and Contract:: 93%
Conflict Resolution:: 92%
Strategy & Innovation:: 92%
Service Experience:: 93%

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.

+93 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?

1% Negative

7% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Security Protects
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Web Content Filtering

Virtual Private Network

Virtual Firewall

Advanced Threat Protection

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Application Control

Network Access Control

Sandboxing

Encrypted Data Control

Identity Based Control

DLP Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Sophos Firewall Reviews

Harshit A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Good for SMBs, but not as advanced as competitors

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

Synchronized Security, Unique integration with Sophos Endpoint Protection

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Unlike Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Cisco, Sophos offers real-time threat sharing between the firewall and Sophos Endpoint Protection

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited Advanced Features, Basic Threat Intelligence, Firewall Policies & Rule Management not as flexible or granular as Palo Alto or Fortinet.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have a budget issue, you can buy Sophos Firewall for your company, but it has very limited features. If you need advanced features, take a product demo from Cisco, Check Point, and Palo Alto before making a purchase.

Pros

Caring
Respectful
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Mohit S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

A Scalable and user-friendly Sophos NGFW.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

Its built in VPN features which easy to configure and provide secure VPN capabilities, allowing users to access corporate resources remotely.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Sophos Provide affordable license pricing making very favorable for small and mid range companies.

What do you dislike most about this product?

As of now, there are no aspects of the product to dislike.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommended for its ease of deployment, user-friendly interface, and affordable pricing.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Dhanaji M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

A Cost-Effective Security device: Sophos Firewall

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

The deployment or configuration of Sophos Firewall is very easy and user-friendly. It is very cost-effective for small organizations.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its ISP load balancing is very easy to configure. The license activation part is very simple and easy to activate.

What do you dislike most about this product?

As of now, there is no point in disliking the product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Highly recommended for network security. It is cost-effective.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Effective Service
Fair

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2020 Data Quadrant Champion

Sophos Firewall Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

Up 1 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Down 1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Sophos Firewall?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Harshit A.

Good for SMBs, but not as advanced as competitors

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mohit S.

A Scalable and user-friendly Sophos NGFW.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dhanaji M.

A Cost-Effective Security device: Sophos Firewall

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Web Content Filtering

Virtual Private Network

Virtual Firewall

Advanced Threat Protection

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Application Control

Network Access Control

Sandboxing

Encrypted Data Control

Identity Based Control

DLP Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training