Sophos

Sophos Firewall

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.8 /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 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Contract Negotiation

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

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

97 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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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.

+92 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

7% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Security Protects
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Web Content Filtering

Virtual Firewall

Virtual Private Network

Advanced Threat Protection

Network Access Control

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Application Control

Sandboxing

Identity Based Control

Encrypted Data Control

DLP Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Sophos Firewall Reviews

Kushal K.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2025

Easy to use but lacks advanced features

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

Integrates with Sophos Endpoint Protection, Simple and intuitive GUI making it easier to manage compared to Cisco or Palo Alto.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Sophos Firewall uniquely integrates with Sophos Endpoint Protection, enabling real-time threat sharing and automated response, which most competitors lack

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limited advanced features compared to Palo Alto, Cisco, Checkpoint and Fortinet

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best for small size company, Integrate If you need a budget-friendly firewall you can buy this but it lacks advanced features compared to other vendors.

Pros

Efficient Service
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Fatema S.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Reliable and Robust Security Solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

Sophos Firewall stands out with its synchronized security and seamless integration with other Sophos products, offering faster threat response and easy management.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I appreciate is its user-friendly interface. Despite its advanced capabilities, Sophos Firewall makes it easy for both experienced and less technical users to manage and configure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

As of now, there is no reason for me to dislike this product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you're looking for advanced threat protection and quick responses, it's definitely worth considering and take full advantage of its Sophos Central for better monitoring and control.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Caring

Kyle l.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

A Security Powerhouse for Developers

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Sophos Firewall from other similar products?

It provides a single dashboard to monitor both, ensuring cohesive protection—a critical feature in a software development environment where sensitive client data is exchanged.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

In our development company, it flagged suspicious traffic from a misconfigured CI/CD pipeline trying to access unauthorized resources, which we resolved before any damage occurred.

What do you dislike most about this product?

setting up custom policies for our staging and production environments required considerable trial and error to align with our workflows.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Sophos Firewall is great for engineering teams that need robust security with visibility across endpoints and networks

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Effective Service

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

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

97 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Kushal K.

Easy to use but lacks advanced features

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Fatema S.

Reliable and Robust Security Solution.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kyle l.

A Security Powerhouse for Developers

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Since last award

Feature Ratings

Web Content Filtering

Virtual Firewall

Virtual Private Network

Advanced Threat Protection

Network Access Control

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Application Control

Sandboxing

Identity Based Control

Encrypted Data Control

DLP Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training