We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"We think they have a good interface, the operating system is good, it's robust. It has plenty of great features, and the relation between the cost and benefits works for our business."
"The rollback option and Commit Confirmed are great features. They give us the security to change configurations without downtime."
"I like the routing and firewall features."
"From a protection perspective, it provides a network perimeter security function for our company."
"The CLI works perfectly."
"The scalability is fine."
"Great as an inter-segmentation firewall or border or arch-firewall."
"Technical support has been quite helpful."
"It's a stable solution."
"What I like about Sophos UTM is that it improves my company's security. The solution is easy to set up, which I like, and it's very stable."
"What I like about the solution is the ease of use."
"The scalability is good."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is reporting, it is flexible. I can monitor the end user's devices, even when they are not on my network. It has good drill-down capabilities."
"It improved bandwidth utilization and provided link load balancing features for internet and intranet lease lines."
"The most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"Sophos UTM has improved the porting section. It has improved security by seeing the gaps. For example, when you discover that an entry has been using a certain application, with Sophos UTM acting as a Layer 7 firewall, you can block the application, not the port."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"The reporting is lacking."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"There are a lot of features that customers do not know about and I think that better documentation would help when it comes to learning how to use the product."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"The product only has basic features."
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"I would like to see endpoint control and endpoint testing security."
"Sophos UTM sometimes falls short in high-availability environments. They used to launch firmware that didn't work very well in a high-availability environment."
"The scalability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Support for IKEv2 is needed in this solution."
"There is absolutely no support when using AWS. If you buy the on-premise Sophos solution, you get support."
"The solution is not scalable."
"The pricing is an issue."
"The reporting system needs to allow for customizations because many reports do not include details that we expect."
"VPN needs IKEv2, but it’s in the roadmap. Also, all new, cool features will only come to the new Sophos XG Firewall."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 5th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 87 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall NSa, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Stormshield Network Security. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos UTM report.
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