Every comparison we publish, in one place: Sophos XGS against the other firewall vendors we get asked about, and Sophos models against each other. Written from each vendor’s own documentation and updated as the products change. Five side-by-side pages: security, management, licensing, endpoint coordination, NDR, and MDR. We sell Fortinet too, so that comparison is even-handed; the rest favor Sophos but stay factual. We sell both. Where each one leads, and how to choose by size, team, and what else you run. Licensing, cloud management, endpoint coordination, NDR, and MDR, from both vendors’ documentation. Xstream Protection against Total Security Suite, plus management, endpoint coordination, and MDR. What the Meraki license covers, what happens when it lapses, and what XGS does differently. Subscriptions, Panorama, and where App-ID depth matters, for small and mid-sized business. Throughput, TLS inspection, ports, expansion bays, and add-on modules across the range, so you can size the right appliance before you ask for a quote. The full specification table across every range, with modules and add-ons. Side by side for small and branch offices, including the Wi-Fi variants. Rackmount firewalls for mid-market and multi-site networks. Enterprise and campus edge, up to 190 Gbps firewall throughput. Port counts and PoE budgets for the switches behind the firewall. Tell us users, sites, WAN speed, and what you already run. We reply with sized options, from Sophos or Fortinet, in two to three business days. Nuformat is a Sophos Silver Partner serving Canada and the USA. Other vendors’ names and product names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to identify the products being compared. Capabilities are summarized from each vendor’s published documentation as of September 2026 and can change; confirm details on the vendor’s current datasheet before you buy.Compare Sophos
Sophos vs. other firewall vendors
Sophos vs. Fortinet
Sophos vs. SonicWall
Sophos vs. WatchGuard
Sophos vs. Cisco Meraki
Sophos vs. Palo Alto
Sophos XGS models side by side
All XGS models
Desktop models
1U rackmount models
2U enterprise models
Sophos switches
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Comparisons · Updated September 2026
XGS vs. FortiGateEven-handed
XGS vs. TZ and NSa
XGS vs. Firebox
XGS vs. MX
XGS vs. PA-Series
XGS 88 to XGS 8500, plus virtual
XGS 88, 108, 118, 128, 138
XGS 2100 to XGS 4500
XGS 5500 to XGS 8500
CS101 to CS1010