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Product	FortiGate by Fortinet View product	Sophos Firewall by Sophos View product
Overview
What it is	FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors.	What does Sophos Firewall do? It covers SD-WAN and TLS 1.3 decryption. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform	Next-Generation Firewall Appliance
Best for	Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service	Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud
Data residency	Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region	Global; US; EU; APAC
Key features
What it offers	Firewall IPS Application control Antivirus SSL inspection VPN SD-WAN Web filtering	Xstream architecture Deep packet inspection TLS 1.3 decryption Zero-day threat protection SD-WAN Firewall / NGFW Network Security
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more	Network perimeterBranch officesMulti-cloud
Compliance	Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment	Common CriteriaICSA LabsPCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more	Sophos CentralIntercept XActive Directory
Industries	EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more	Cross-industryEnterpriseRetailBranch Offices
Regions	GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region	Global
Vendor
Company	Fortinet	Sophos
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, USA	Oxford, United Kingdom
Company size	10,000+	6,000+
Founded	2000	1985

FortiGate

by Fortinet

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Sophos Firewall

by Sophos

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Overview

What it is

FortiGate

FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors.

Sophos Firewall

What does Sophos Firewall do? It covers SD-WAN and TLS 1.3 decryption. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

FortiGate

Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform

Sophos Firewall

Next-Generation Firewall Appliance

Best for

FortiGate

Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers

Sophos Firewall

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices

Pricing

Pricing model

FortiGate

Contact Vendor

Sophos Firewall

Contact Vendor

Free trial

FortiGate

Sophos Firewall

Deployment

Deployment options

FortiGate

Cloud

Sophos Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

FortiGate

Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service

Sophos Firewall

Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud

Data residency

FortiGate

Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region

Sophos Firewall

Global; US; EU; APAC

Key features

What it offers

FortiGate

Firewall
IPS
Application control
Antivirus
SSL inspection
VPN
SD-WAN
Web filtering

Sophos Firewall

Xstream architecture
Deep packet inspection
TLS 1.3 decryption
Zero-day threat protection
SD-WAN
Firewall / NGFW
Network Security

Platform & access

API access

FortiGate

Sophos Firewall

Single sign-on (SSO)

FortiGate

Sophos Firewall

Role-based access (RBAC)

FortiGate

Sophos Firewall

Multi-tenant

FortiGate

Sophos Firewall

Mobile app

FortiGate

Sophos Firewall

Supported platforms

FortiGate

Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more

Sophos Firewall

Network perimeterBranch officesMulti-cloud

Compliance

FortiGate

Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment

Sophos Firewall

Common CriteriaICSA LabsPCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

FortiGate

FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more

Sophos Firewall

Sophos CentralIntercept XActive Directory

Industries

FortiGate

EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more

Sophos Firewall

Cross-industryEnterpriseRetailBranch Offices

Regions

FortiGate

GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region

Sophos Firewall

Global

Vendor

Company

FortiGate

Fortinet

Sophos Firewall

Sophos

Headquarters

FortiGate

Sunnyvale, California, USA

Sophos Firewall

Oxford, United Kingdom

Company size

FortiGate

10,000+

Sophos Firewall

6,000+

Founded

FortiGate

2000

Sophos Firewall

1985