Sophos Cloud Firewall (PAYG)
Sophos | 21.0 GALinux/Unix, Other 20.0 MR2 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Sophos Firewalls are reliable, intuitive, and work well.
What do you like best about the product?
First, Sophos Sales is very helpful in product selection. I have used over 50 of their firewalls in the last decade and they have always helped me select the best one. I haven't ever been in the position where I needed to upgrade to the next level. These firewalls work well, the interfaces are very intuitive as long as you know firewalling concepts and therefore the implementation is not difficult. They come full of features like IPS, application control, and web filter that are as customizable or as out of the box as you want to make them. I highly recommend.
What do you dislike about the product?
My least favorite part about Sophos Firewall is the online help. It is basic without best practices and I often need to research beyond the articles if trying to figure something out.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I trust that this firewall is going to do what they say it will do based on years of experience with them. That trust leaves me time to worry about all the other aspects of our security posture while keeping configuration reviews to a less frequent pace.
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Efficient and easy to configure security product that gives freedom to home users to use for free.
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use and flexible setup. The units are simple and easy to configure out the box.
What do you dislike about the product?
Pricing could be better. Structured pricing, but on the more expensive side of products.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being able to understand what is being generated through the network and being able to reduce wasted bandwidth.
Solid product in the market and constantly evolving software. Fast support for simple cases
What do you like best about the product?
The product is usual in the world market you can find it in practically every country, it has remote working solutions with devices called RED and allows 360 degree control. The support is also in the language and responds 24 hours a day. Renewal campaigns to refresh the hardware
What do you dislike about the product?
Very slow support for end-of-life products, and in case of critical issues you often risk remaining days without a workaround or a definitive solution.
To escalate the ticket to a second level or to a dev you often have to wait more than 24 hours to do preventive checks even if you provide evidence that such tests have already been done.
To escalate the ticket to a second level or to a dev you often have to wait more than 24 hours to do preventive checks even if you provide evidence that such tests have already been done.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
security to separate the production areas from the rest of the network and in some cases also main firewalls for branch offices, or in the cloud, or even perimeter firewalls, in short, various types of uses
Comprehensive, Scalable Security Platform with Strong Centralized Management
What do you like best about the product?
"What I like best about Sophos Firewall is its ease of use and straightforward implementation process. The web-based interface is intuitive, making daily management and monitoring simple, even for less experienced admins. It offers a rich set of features—like advanced threat protection, web filtering, and traffic shaping—without feeling overwhelming. Integration with other Sophos products through Sophos Central is seamless, enabling unified threat management across endpoints and networks. Customer support is responsive and knowledgeable, which adds confidence during setup and ongoing maintenance. We use it frequently and rely on its consistent performance to protect multiple environments
What do you dislike about the product?
The main drawback is that firmware updates can sometimes introduce new issues or require re-tuning of existing configurations, which can disrupt operations. Additionally, the learning curve for advanced features like routing policies or SSL inspection can be steep for admins without prior experience. Some logging and reporting features also lack the depth or flexibility found in more specialized tools.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
"Sophos Firewall is helping us address several critical security and network management challenges. It effectively blocks external threats through features like advanced threat protection, IPS, and deep packet inspection, significantly reducing the risk of malware and intrusions. The integration with Sophos Central and endpoint protection allows for real-time threat sharing, enabling faster automated responses to security incidents. It also simplifies managing multiple sites and remote users through SD-WAN and VPN capabilities. These benefits have improved our overall security posture, streamlined IT operations, and reduced the time and effort needed to monitor and respond to threats.
Good product and overview for IT-security
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy manageable and all funcitions on board
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing what is faulty or missing for our needs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The firewall is used to secure our network
Long-term partnership on equal footing
What do you like best about the product?
The central management of all firewalls greatly helps with the configuration and monitoring of our many locations.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the administrative interface is a bit sluggish.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The networking of many locations with different requirements and internet providers could be implemented quickly and reliably.
Sophos Firewall a great product with outstanding support
What do you like best about the product?
Configuration is fairly straight forward but the help tools are great. But I'm more so impressed with support, they have never failed me.
What do you dislike about the product?
Can say I've had any negative reactions to using the firewall. I prefer them to other manufactures.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
VPN use at our company went from no users to almost everyone now works remote. It has simplified our business with regards to access to resources and securing our data and systems.
Good Overall Functionality and Easy to use
What do you like best about the product?
Easy of usage, learn and implementation.
What do you dislike about the product?
2FA Implementation still kind of raw. No interface for it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connectivity between company's sucursals, securization and remote work.
for better secure
What do you like best about the product?
reliable, secure and easy to impliment in action
What do you dislike about the product?
complex authentication and taking toolong step to very user login
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It protect our networks
Intuitive and good support
What do you like best about the product?
Very simple and clear user interface
What do you dislike about the product?
Very buggy and prone to errors, frequent updates
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
If a problem occurs, the support helps quickly and competently.
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