G2 Vendor Directory

Firewall Software

36

Products

5,257

Total reviews

4.4

Avg. rating

Sophos Firewall by Sophos leads the Firewall Software category with a 4.7 rating from 880 reviews. Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security) has the strongest momentum in the category, up -58.3% quarter-over-quarter.

LLM citations

Monthly citations by AI answer engines for the top products in Firewall Software.

LLM citations · Firewall Software

Source: G2 review data

Key stats

Sophos Firewall

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security)

Mid-Market

Category trends

How the Firewall Software market is moving, from G2 review and Grid data.

Which products are most adopted?
1
Sophos Firewall880 2
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)522 3
Netgate pfSense323 4
FortiGate-VM NGFW260 5
WatchGuard Network Security231
Which products climbed the Grid most?
1
Arista NG Firewall8 2
Juniper Firewall7 3
Zscaler Internet Access5 4
NordLayer4 5
SonicWall Next Generation Firewall3
Which products are reviewers switching to?
1
Sophos Firewall143 2
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)41 3
Netgate pfSense34 4
FortiGate-VM NGFW25 5
WatchGuard Network Security24
Which products do enterprises choose?
1
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)214 2
Sophos Firewall131 3
Zscaler Internet Access88 4
Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security)64 5
Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW63
Which products do mid-market buyers choose?
1
Sophos Firewall563 2
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)223 3
FortiGate-VM NGFW142 4
WatchGuard Network Security129 5
SonicWall Next Generation Firewall87
Which products do small businesses choose?
1
Netgate pfSense222 2
Sophos Firewall185 3
WatchGuard Network Security93 4
Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)77 5
FortiGate-VM NGFW70

Fastest growing

Ranked by G2 Momentum score.

1

Check Point Cloud Firewall (formerly CloudGuard Network Security)

by Check Point Software Technologies · 292 reviews

4.4
2

Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW

by Palo Alto Networks · 215 reviews

4.3
3

Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)

by Check Point Software Technologies · 596 reviews

4.5

All products

Ranked by G2 Grid position.

1

Sophos Firewall

by Sophos · 880 reviews

4.7
2

Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)

by Check Point Software Technologies · 596 reviews

4.5
3

FortiGate-VM NGFW

by Fortinet · 310 reviews

4.5
4

Palo Alto Networks Cloud NGFW

by Palo Alto Networks · 215 reviews

4.3
5

Zscaler Internet Access

by Zscaler · 322 reviews

4.4

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