SonicWall NS_a Series
Achieved high 94.7% security effectiveness rating during independent NSS Labs testing.

Sophos XG
93.3% security effectiveness rating during NSS Labs' comparative security report.

Capture Security Center
All-inclusive security console that unifies management, analytics and control for wired, wireless, cloud and endpoint solutions through a single pane of glass.

Sophos Central
Requires separate service for advanced reporting capabilities.

SonicWall DPI-SSL
SonicWall DPI-SSL scans SSL/TLS traffic to properly decrypt, inspect, detect and mitigate hidden cyberattacks.

Sophos XG
Proxy-based SSL decryption only on port 443, leaving networks vulnerable to threats hidden in encrypted traffic over other ports.

SonicWall RTDMI™
Included in the Capture ATP sandbox service, RTDMI identifies and mitigates memory-based attacks, including processor exploits, malicious PDFs and Microsoft Office files, and side-channel attacks.

Sophos Sandstorm
No confirmed ability to find memory-based attacks like MDS, Meltdown, Spectre, Spoiler, etc.
Sophos XG firewalls also utilize CPUs known to be vulnerable to memory-based attacks (e.g., Spectre, Meltdown).

SonicWall NGFWs
All SonicWall next-generation firewalls certified against Common Criteria standards.

Sophos XG
Not certified.

SonicWall
SonicWall SD-WAN integrated and delivered through Capture Security Center without requiring an additional license.

Sophos
SD-WAN not available on current Sophos Firewall Operating System (SFOS) 17.5 or earlier.