Opensense vs. Sophos Firewall

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Opensense
Score 9.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Effortlessly manage company-wide email signatures, launch powerful email ad campaigns, gain valuable sales insights & ensure compliance, all within a single, user-friendly platform with Opensense. Opensense seamlessly integrates with popular productivity suites, email clients, CRMs, and marketing automation tools.N/A
Sophos Firewall
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Sophos XG Firewall provides comprehensive next-generation firewall protection powered by deep learning and Synchronized Security. Sophos Firewall supplies insights and exposes hidden user, application, and threat risks on the network, and say the product is differentiated by its ability to respond automatically to security incidents by isolating compromised systems, with Security Heartbeat™.N/A
Pricing
OpensenseSophos Firewall
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OpensenseSophos Firewall
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMinimum pricing is $350/month. See the pricing page for more details.
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Community Pulse
OpensenseSophos Firewall
Considered Both Products
Opensense
Chose Opensense
Opensense was the first company we interviewed, so cannot compare them well against industry competition.
Chose Opensense
There are many similar features however Opensense as a standalone tool is more comprehensive and integrates more easily with other tools in our technology stack.
Chose Opensense
Opensense was much cheaper and better integrated with my existing ABM platform. We used RollWorks and there was a native integration that allowed me to sync target account lists to email banner campaigns. This made it a no-brainer to go with Opensense over Sigstr and amplify …
Chose Opensense
Haven't used anything like this before; no tool has matched what they can do. They were the first ones we demoed, and we loved the platform and loved the team! There wasn't anything we didn't like, and even the price was perfect! I would go with them again at any time! I think …
Sophos Firewall
Chose Sophos Firewall
Since we already utilize the Sophos Endpoint and its tight integration into their firewall, it was a no brainer to go with it.
Chose Sophos Firewall
Very simple to manage, several features, and a report included.
Chose Sophos Firewall
We decided to use Sophos XG Firewall because it is a reliable and reputed cybersecurity product.
Chose Sophos Firewall
We selected the Sophos Firewall because of its comprehensive security, ease of use, Scalability and increase the productivity.
Chose Sophos Firewall
We have been a Sophos customer for the most part but i have seen some other offerings from SonicWall, Barracuda, and Cisco. While they all offer nice products, we've always been content with our Sophos XG firewalls, especially as they release more and more features/etc.
Chose Sophos Firewall
I was a big fan of Cisco ASA products, but when I saw all of the security feature differences between both firewalls, I moved to Sophos devices. Its sandbox, IPS, and many more features are really advanced. Cisco does not provide features like this.
Chose Sophos Firewall
Cisco ASA is not [a] true next generation firewall if you want to protect from 7 layers and malware attacks then you need firepower services but this service is very costly. In Sophos all the advanced security features are [less] cost[ly].
Chose Sophos Firewall
Sophos XG Firewall provides easy integration with Active directory & LDAP Servers so that we can implement single sign on (SSO) for users. Also the content filtering & inspection feature protect us from bad actors.
Chose Sophos Firewall
The firewall that was in use at the first location before expanding was a cheaply made open source box that couldn't do much even as a basic firewall. We had looked at various companies but came to the conclusion that Sophos was the right fit for us and it has been that way for …
Chose Sophos Firewall
It is to very little surprise that we selected Sophos UTM at our first use. Then, we upgraded to XG Firewall and the operation is very smoothly done.
Features
OpensenseSophos Firewall
Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
Opensense
-
Ratings
Sophos Firewall
9.5
Ratings
10% above category average
Identification Technologies00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Visualization Tools00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Content Inspection00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Firewall Management Console00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Reporting and Logging00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
VPN00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
High Availability00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Proxy Server00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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OpensenseSophos Firewall
Small Businesses
Terminus ABM Platform
Terminus ABM Platform
Score 8.0 out of 10
pfSense
pfSense
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Terminus ABM Platform
Terminus ABM Platform
Score 8.0 out of 10
Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises

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Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
OpensenseSophos Firewall
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
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9.5
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Usability
10.0
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10.0
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Support Rating
10.0
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9.1
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User Testimonials
OpensenseSophos Firewall
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited if you have a decent-sized sales team and a more advanced segmentation strategy for your marketing efforts. For example, if you have a wide range of content at your disposal to promote, and you have a sales team working on various different accounts at different sizes and stages in the buying journey. It is less appropriate if you just want to use it to power your email signatures with no efforts towards promoting.
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It is well-suited for small, medium, and large organizations looking for comprehensive cybersecurity protection. It will not only safeguard their network from cyberattacks but also provide them with many advanced features like deep packet inspection, centralized management, web filtering, application control, etc. in one place. It will help them optimize bandwidth and ensure continued connectivity.
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Pros
  • Target domains
  • Easy change between departments
  • Easy banner swaps
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  • Web filtering. This allows us to monitor web usage and block certain categories from being access at the perimeter.
  • Application Control. With application control we can block certain applications that get categorized from working accessing the Internet.
  • Synchronized Security. When utilizing the Sophos Endpoint product you can use Synchronized Security to minimize Lateral Movement in a network. If a machine is shows a Red status you can auto-isolate it and it is unable to communicate with anything else on the network.
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Cons
  • more WYSIWYG interface when designing new templates
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  • If using Endpoint security and the Firewall it would be nice to have an easier back and forth between the portals rather than have two separate tabs open. Especially if using more than one in multiple locations.
  • If dealing with different revisions options are moved around and sometimes in places that doesn't normally seem like they should be there.
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Usability
Overall all useability is great. The tool is dummy-proof, so anyone can use it and run it. No IT knowledge needed besides connecting it to your mail server which their team will walk you through. After that, you can have fun with the tools and create what you want to create for your teams.
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Because this is a user-friendly interface, and anyone can use it there are multiple articles and guidelines available, it has advanced-level security features. they provide VPN solutions all the features are very practical, SSID MAC-based authentications web control, Firewall rules segregation of the rules and policies, On-premises Active directory single sign-on feature is also available.
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Support Rating
Opensense customer service is by far the best! I have never had an issue once when calling in or submitting a ticket! They are very kind while working on the phone with them, and they explain everything to you! They will take the time with you to make sure everything gets solved.
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As we are all addicted to graphics-oriented interfaces for all our life products. Easy to manage and access as a good way of using anything
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Alternatives Considered
There are many similar features however Opensense as a standalone tool is more comprehensive and integrates more easily with other tools in our technology stack.
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I was a big fan of Cisco ASA products, but when I saw all of the security feature differences between both firewalls, I moved to Sophos devices. Its sandbox, IPS, and many more features are really advanced. Cisco does not provide features like this.
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Return on Investment
  • Pays for its self.
  • Drives traffic to our website.
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  • True UTM device.
  • Very Active customer help for any help.
  • Easy license and cost effective.
  • Should [do] more work on logging and reporting.
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ScreenShots

Opensense Screenshots

Screenshot of Deep AnalyticsScreenshot of Opensene email signatures.

Sophos Firewall Screenshots

Screenshot of Sophos Firewall v17.5 Control Center