We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW 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."The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"We use the FortiGate Sandbox to detect zero-day vulnerabilities, such as anomalies or malware, that are unknown and have not yet been discovered."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"The support for the solution has been excellent. If we ever had an issue they would send an engineer to help us with our problem."
"The setup is quite easy."
"Advanced protection (Sophos Sandstorm) - Protects against crypto viruses in real-time."
"The most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"The solution is scalable."
"It meets our compliance needs in an elastic computer environment."
"It has allowed us to design a bespoke cloud space for our clients, while still having an excellent level of protection."
"So far, the solution has been problem-free."
"Sophos is a unified solution. We have anti-virus protection, firewall rules, knotting, and DACC all in one box."
"Sophos UTM's most valuable features are profiling and its simple configuration."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"The solution is very expensive."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"One issue is integration. Huawei can't detect Indicators of Compromise (IoC). I can get a lot of information about security, but can't automatically input the EP, domain URL, and file hashes I get from Hackersworld into my blocklist."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"One issue we've encountered with Huawei NGFW is that after using a firewall for two or three years, we need to replace it. The new firewalls often have more features and better memory or throughput. However, sometimes, they lack some features that the old ones had."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"The tool lacks features."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"In Sophos UTM there is always a problem with the routing tables. If you want to see the routing table, you have to use the UI. You can't do it via a web browser. The routing table is better in Fortinet."
"The initial setup may be difficult for those not familiar with the product."
"Sophos should improve its ability to check something like bandwidth consumption for users or something more real-time."
"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 reporting system needs to allow for customizations because many reports do not include details that we expect."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"The lack of import/export functions for network and service options drives me mad."
Huawei NGFW doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 20 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Huawei NGFW writes "A scalable and easy-to-setup product that can be used to configure different policies for specific users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Sophos UTM report.
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