Next-generation firewalls · RankedSophos Firewall
Sophos Firewall is a next-generation firewall platform from Sophos for business networks · sophos.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Fortinet FortiGate is first at 72%.
Fortinet FortiGate is first at 71%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Palo Alto Networks NGFW is first at 44%.
Why models recommend it
“I'd recommend Sophos Firewall or Fortinet FortiGate as they offer the best balance of performance, features, ease of management, and cost”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Choose Sophos if you are an SMB or mid-sized enterprise looking for an affordable, easy-to-manage firewall”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Best For: Mid-market organizations and MSPs (Managed Service Providers); those wanting AI-driven automation.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“also quote a current-generation Sophos XGS desktop model. Sophos is often a good value for smaller teams”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“some Check Point and Sophos models rated only "limited value,"”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Sophos XGS in large environments ... Cautious adoption”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Sophos Firewall, over the 113 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | 68 | Compare → | |
| 85 | 24 | Compare → | |
| 60 | 0 | View → | |
| 46 | 4 | View → | |
| 46 | 2 | View → | |
| 24 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 21 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Sophos Firewall →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Sophos Firewall's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- reti aziendali
- Price stated
- for no extra charge
- Free plan or trial
- participating in the Early Access Program
- Also from Sophos
- Sophos Central, Sophos Email, Sophos Endpoint, Sophos Endpoint / Intercept X, Sophos Firewall XGS, Sophos ITDR and 17 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 97 of the 113 answers that named Sophos Firewall and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
268 of the 290 domain citations in answers naming Sophos Firewall came from a third party's page. Twenty-two were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |