We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"Customers are more inclined towards FortiGate because of application control, web filtering, and anti-spam features. The support from the FortiGate team is good, and price-wise, it is affordable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the granular control and their interoperability is good."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ease of use and user-friendly interface."
"The solution is very easy to configure and has a good interface, plus it offers more configuration options than other vendors."
"All of the features in this solution are effective and efficient."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"There are a lot of features that we like within the solution. The resources or performance of the firewall is very good. However, the real selling point is the fact that the solution offers so many features, it gives our clients a lot of extras that they can work with. There's a lot on offer."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiOS is great."
"Compared to other firewalls, the segmentation is much easier in FortiGate."
"The scalability is good."
"The stability of Sophos UTM is very good. The solution has been stable since Sophos took over Cyberoam which was the original company providing this solution."
"The stability, overall, is excellent. I haven't had a problem in the last two years."
"It is not an easy task to protect your web servers from the big bad internet. The Web Server Protection in this solution does it elegantly and, if configured correctly, even hides the server's base system from prying eyes."
"The solution's sandboxing, application center, and database engine are good."
"Scaling out cannot be easier, as there are many migration paths."
"It is a very good product. The threat monitoring process is the most valuable feature."
"What I like about the solution is the ease of use."
"The pricing could always be better."
"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."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing models. With the way they are structured, everything is very disparate and sold separately, and, depending on the solution, it can get quite pricey."
"It should also manage the local DSCP network."
"I would like to see the features of FortiAnalyzer included in Fortinet FortiOS. Right now, you're required to have an additional license and a different device for features such as processing the log, reporting, and analyzing traffic."
"The solution could improve by making the dashboard easier to use."
"It would be great if they can push the Microsoft updates through Fortinet OS and provide a centralized patch management system. They should also include the data loss prevention (DLP) and data leakage prevention features. They could also add network monitoring more effectively."
"Fortinet FortiOS could improve by having better authentication methods with Microsoft or Google Services."
"Fortinet FortiOS is stable. However, last month we had an issue with a released patch. We had to receive another update to fix the firewall issue consuming all of the resources. The patches should be tested more before going into circulation."
"They need to integrate more with the SD-WAN."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"It needs a better user interface. The one they have is not so good."
"The initial setup may be difficult for those not familiar with the product."
"I would like this solution to support ICAP. Also, they no longer support on-premises management, and are forcing clients to use centralized management via the cloud, which I don't agree with."
"The documentation during the AWS integration was a little fuzzy on getting it to work with how the whole public exposure versus private exposure, then routing some of the traffic."
"The reporting could be a lot better."
"Initially, there were issues with the wireless network as wireless access points were disappearing from the dashboard after some time."
"During initial configuration, I encountered a few issues."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Sophos UTM report.
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