We performed a comparison between SonicWall NSa 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."Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"This product has kept us safe and we haven't had any breaches."
"It has excellent stability."
"The most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the control aspect of the solution."
"We like the features, but the main thing is from a commercial and cost perspective it is very good."
"I really like the performance; there are no delays and no latency, which is a unique quality in firewalls nowadays."
"SonicWall has all the usual functions, like LAN configurations, security features, word filters, etc., but it also has the CFS agent, which isn't available in any other firewall. Reporting port support is also there."
"The prices are similar to other vendors and the support is good."
"The most valuable features are that it is reasonably-priced and works well."
"It has helped by identifying threats within the company. If there are computers or servers that are compromised, then we are able to identify them right away in the system."
"Brings greater visibility into the network traffic coming inside and passing away from the company."
"Sophos integrates seamlessly, and we don't even feel it is running in the background."
"If a computer does get infected the Sophos appliance lets us know via it's Advanced Threat Protection so we can get a much faster response time."
"Has great security features and does a good job of protecting the network."
"It is a stable product... I rate the solution's technical support a nine out of ten...The initial setup is quite easy because they have all the information on their website."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to administer."
"It does not take much effort or thinking to understand how it works."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The initial setup is complex."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"Competitors provide SSL encryption licenses for free, whereas SonicWall only provides two licenses by default, but you have to pay for the rest of the licenses."
"I'd like to see integration with Microsoft 365 for authentication."
"When it comes to security I think all of the features are currently open to improvement."
"One area for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the GUI. It isn't easy to understand. The support for SonicWall NSa is mediocre, which is another area for improvement."
"You can do zero-trust networking with them, but it's not easy."
"The content filter needs to be improved."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"The stability is not there. The features are there, but they are not stable. They need to improve on this product because I feel that they have launched this product without much R&D."
"When we call support, we get put on hold for a long time."
"This product could use some improvement with web filtering. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up and maintain."
"The interface configuration could be improved."
"I would like them to move from the Classic Load Balancer to the Network Load Balancer. This would make it easier to do certain things with Amazon. They are able to do some enhancements with Network Load Balancer that they are unable to do with Classic Load Balancer."
"The support could be better."
"I would like some features that are available in other brands. For example, I sometimes a person is using too much bandwidth, and it isn't easy to find this information in Sophos. Also, we have to switch connections manually when we are using a VPN and lose the MPLS connection. It isn't automatic."
"Sophos customer support could use some improvement."
"Anti-phishing functionality should be improved."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks PA-Series, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our SonicWall NSa vs. Sophos UTM report.
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