SonicWall Web Content Filtering Client (CFC) vs. Sophos Web Content Filtering

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SonicWall Web Content Filtering Client (CFC)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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The SonicWall Web Content Client (CFC) compares requested sites against its database of web sites to provide configurable content filtering.N/A
Sophos Web Content Filtering
Score 8.8 out of 10
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UK headquartered Sophos offers web content filtering.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
SonicWall Web Content Filtering Client (CFC)Sophos Web Content Filtering
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
SonicWall Web Content Filtering Client (CFC)Sophos Web Content Filtering
Likelihood to Recommend
SonicWall
When the user is connecting to the internet and should not access some social media website or malware sites or unauthorized websites which may distract users and affect the productivity so to avoid any problems. It is a very simple setup. It is very easy to deploy, configure, and implement.
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Sophos
Before Sophos, I would receive scammers regarding tradeshow lists. People wanted me to pay for lists, but these people weren't actually from the tradeshows. I can now block those, and have received much fewer of those scams. I am also able to open emails within quarantine to view them before deleting, releasing, allowing, or blocking. I use this to my advantage, and am able to make better decisions on what to do with the emails.
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Pros
SonicWall
  • In built customized policies
  • Control access to unsecure web content
  • Application traffic analytics
  • IP-based HTTPS content filtering
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Sophos
  • Sophos does an excellent job of category-based content filtering. It's easy to configure and flexible for many environments with the ability to tighten or loosen restrictions as requirements determing.
  • Sophos' built-in capabilites can force safe search rules to protect against content work-arounds like Image search and search engines in general.
  • The Sophos XTreme architecture also helps improve the overall performance of the Web Content Filtering solution. It is very quick and very transparent when in use on the network.
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Cons
SonicWall
  • Malware scanning
  • Content Filtering Client for roaming devices
  • Cost
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Sophos
  • It only allows UTF-8 encoded characters.
  • It does not support metadata.
  • It does not support comments in the custom filter file.
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Alternatives Considered
SonicWall
Easy to setup and more stable solution. User friendly interface. Scalable and also in terms of cost it seems to be affordable solution with the best in-class protection benefits and other on demand features like dynamically updated
rating architecture and high-performance web caching and
rating architecture
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Sophos
Sophos has been a much easier product to configure and eventually manage, with preset rules and policies to start off right out of the box, saving administrators time from adding every category and or site. However you can add/import all know good company sites (internal url's) as well as local sites for a safer settings. (know sites)
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Return on Investment
SonicWall
  • Improves Productivity
  • Ensures safe environment by allowing genuine traffic
  • Continued productivity helps to regain ROI in more figures
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Sophos
  • Super positive impact, the Sandstorming Add On, it increases protection at it's maximum level (for new or existent/variant threats).
  • Customers often have the need of a system capable of report everything that the network is being handed, Sophos Web Content Filtering achieves this.
  • The ROI is very fast since top management quickly see results on filtering and reporting of what is really going on within their networks.
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