We performed a comparison between GajShield Next Generation Firewall and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"It is very flexible to use."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The performance is good."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"It is easy to manage."
"The initial setup has been fine."
"Sophos UTM is very user-friendly and has good integration with other solutions."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"It's a stable solution."
"Advanced protection (Sophos Sandstorm) - Protects against crypto viruses in real-time."
"The isolation of infected machines is a big feature. Also, the ability to detect external sources that change files on a file server is really big."
"Sophos UTM's best feature is synchronized security."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"The only time we face a problem or issues is when we place a ticket. We have found that response is very slow."
"Sophos should be more user-friendly, have more dashboards, and an easier implementation."
"Sophos UTM could be simplified, and they can improve on the many other features, like SD-WAN and load balancing. Sophos UTM is missing a few features that their competitors have. For example, if you have multiple branches you would like to connect, the load balancing features aren't available on multilink. If we create a VPM for multiple LAN links, we cannot load balance the traffic."
"The ease of use could be a bit better."
"It is a pretty straightforward setup, but it should be some sort of documentation that takes you step-by-step to help set it up for your VPC."
"I am going to flat out say technical support is terrible. Being a Platinum level customer, I am not happy with the support."
"I would like to see the SD-WAN feature improved."
"We didn’t find any issues but I know there have been some in the last few years."
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GajShield Next Generation Firewall is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 7 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. GajShield Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of GajShield Next Generation Firewall writes "User-friendly settings, frequent updates, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". GajShield Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Sophos XG, WiJungle and Netgate pfSense, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our GajShield Next Generation Firewall vs. Sophos UTM report.
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