Cisco Firepower 2100 Series
23 Ratings
Sophos SG Firewall Appliances
13 Ratings

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series

23 Ratings
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Score 8.5 out of 100

Based on 23 reviews and ratings

Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

13 Ratings
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Score 6.7 out of 100

Based on 13 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

  • Cisco Firepower 2100 Series ranks higher in 1 feature set: Firewall

Firewall

8.4

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series

84%
8.0

Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

80%
Cisco Firepower 2100 Series ranks higher in 8/11 features
Cisco Firepower 2100 Series ranks higher in 8/11 features

Identification Technologies

7.0
70%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating

Content Inspection

9.0
90%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
1 Rating

Policy-based Controls

9.0
90%
1 Rating
7.0
70%
1 Rating

Active Directory and LDAP

6.0
60%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating

Firewall Management Console

10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating

Reporting and Logging

9.0
90%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
1 Rating

VPN

10.0
100%
1 Rating
6.0
60%
1 Rating

High Availability

10.0
100%
1 Rating
9.0
90%
1 Rating

Stateful Inspection

8.0
80%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
1 Rating

Proxy Server

6.0
60%
1 Rating
N/A
0 Ratings

Visualization Tools

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
1 Rating

Attribute Ratings

  • Cisco Firepower 2100 Series is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend

Likelihood to Recommend

9.0

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series

90%
1 Rating
8.0

Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

80%
1 Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series

The Cisco [Firepower] 2100 [Series] is an easy sell for anyone looking. You already know Cisco excels in the security department, but now that firepower lives right on the box and inline with the rest of the firewall data flow you can save yourself a lot of time and headaches. Unless you cant quite afford Cisco's 2100 line, there's not much reason to go with the competition.

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Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

Since we have only ever used the SG firewall appliances that is really all I have ever known. So if I was approached by a colleague about network security then I would suggest the Sophos SG Firewall Appliances hands down. We have never had to look for any other type of replacement or upgrade as these are very well built, super easy to deploy and go above and beyond to keep your network secure.

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Pros

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series

  • Nice HTML5 web interface instead of the old java client
  • Many added features over the ASA
  • Firepower built in and faster than before

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Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

  • Easy to use and understand.
  • The ability to expand beyond it's base specs is amazing.
  • The sense of protection you get from looking at the logs just makes you feel more secure.

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Cons

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series

  • Cisco patches bugs quickly but patches are slow to install and reboot
  • Smart licensing is getting better but still can be troublesome
  • Some weird visual interface glitches that require clicking the same options a few extra times

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Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

  • The user interface could use a refresh. It's been a few years.
  • Not having the ability to use an Open VPN configuration is a little disappointing.
  • Home license is too restrictive with only 50 IPs.

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Pricing Details

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

$0 per appliance

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series Editions & Modules

Edition
Firepower 21003,000-20,0001
  1. per appliance
Additional Pricing Details
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Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Sophos SG Firewall Appliances Editions & Modules

—
Additional Pricing Details
—

Return on Investment

Cisco Firepower 2100 Series

  • Simplifying our lives by reducing our time spent in a console
  • Being comfortable knowing the full might of Cisco is safeguarding your network
  • A good excuse to bump up the IT budget in the next fiscal year!

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Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

  • Positive. We are able to expand our network by using the Flexi Port Modules that are available.
  • Positive. We are able to boast that our network is more secure than other businesses of the same model.
  • Negative. The VPN needs to be updated to use OVPN configs and then it would be perfect.
  • Negative. The home license needs to have the IP restriction removed for folks who work from home and need to access on-site terminals.

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