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Product	Zscaler Cloud Firewall by Zscaler View product	Sophos Firewall by Sophos View product
Overview
What it is	Shortlisting Firewall tools? Zscaler Cloud Firewall by Zscaler brings DNS filtering and cloud-native NGFW, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.	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	Cloud-Delivered Next-Gen Firewall	Next-Generation Firewall Appliance
Best for	Cross-industry, Retail, Enterprise, Financial Services	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Cloud-native multi-tenant SaaS on Zero Trust Exchange	Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud
Data residency	Global; US; EU; APAC	Global; US; EU; APAC
Key features
What it offers	Cloud-native NGFW Full DPI for non-web traffic Global policy enforcement DNS filtering Protocol inspection Cloud firewall Non-web traffic filtering Branch firewall replacement	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	CloudBranch NetworksRemote Endpoints	Network perimeterBranch officesMulti-cloud
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001FedRAMPPCI DSS	Common CriteriaICSA LabsPCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Zscaler Internet AccessSD-WAN partnersMicrosoft Sentinel	Sophos CentralIntercept XActive Directory
Industries	Cross-industryRetailEnterpriseFinancial Services	Cross-industryEnterpriseRetailBranch Offices
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Zscaler	Sophos
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	Oxford, United Kingdom
Company size	7,000+	6,000+
Founded	2007	1985

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

by Zscaler

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Sophos Firewall

by Sophos

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Overview

What it is

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Shortlisting Firewall tools? Zscaler Cloud Firewall by Zscaler brings DNS filtering and cloud-native NGFW, with cloud deployment. See strengths and alternatives.

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

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Cloud-Delivered Next-Gen Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Next-Generation Firewall Appliance

Best for

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Cross-industry, Retail, Enterprise, Financial Services

Sophos Firewall

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices

Pricing

Pricing model

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Contact Vendor

Sophos Firewall

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Deployment

Deployment options

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

SaaSCloud

Sophos Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Cloud; Cloud-native multi-tenant SaaS on Zero Trust Exchange

Sophos Firewall

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

Data residency

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Global; US; EU; APAC

Sophos Firewall

Global; US; EU; APAC

Key features

What it offers

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Cloud-native NGFW
Full DPI for non-web traffic
Global policy enforcement
DNS filtering
Protocol inspection
Cloud firewall
Non-web traffic filtering
Branch firewall replacement

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

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Single sign-on (SSO)

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Role-based access (RBAC)

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Multi-tenant

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Mobile app

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Supported platforms

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

CloudBranch NetworksRemote Endpoints

Sophos Firewall

Network perimeterBranch officesMulti-cloud

Compliance

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

SOC 2ISO 27001FedRAMPPCI DSS

Sophos Firewall

Common CriteriaICSA LabsPCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Zscaler Internet AccessSD-WAN partnersMicrosoft Sentinel

Sophos Firewall

Sophos CentralIntercept XActive Directory

Industries

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Cross-industryRetailEnterpriseFinancial Services

Sophos Firewall

Cross-industryEnterpriseRetailBranch Offices

Regions

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Global

Sophos Firewall

Global

Vendor

Company

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

Zscaler

Sophos Firewall

Sophos

Headquarters

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

San Jose, California, USA

Sophos Firewall

Oxford, United Kingdom

Company size

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

7,000+

Sophos Firewall

6,000+

Founded

Zscaler Cloud Firewall

2007

Sophos Firewall

1985