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."Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"It can expand easily."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"User-friendly with good security and application control."
"The most valuable features are the VPN, SSL VPN, and IPSec VPN."
"Content Filtering and sandboxing are valuable features."
"The most valuable feature is the sandbox."
"It's very flexible and meets our customer's needs."
"We use SonicWall NSa for authenticating MAC (media access control) ID from the PC."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"Easy to setup and implement"
"The most valuable feature is the price. I've been requesting prices all over these years between different solutions like Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point and Sophos has been the cheapest and the best of all of them that I have tried. I have been working with Fortinet, it's a fact that the price is surprisingly better."
"It allows me to easily connect with more than forty-five remote sites and more than fifty remote users between IPsec and SSL VPN, applying the web filter and application filter to ensure a secure connection."
"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 scalability is good."
"The stability, overall, is excellent. I haven't had a problem in the last two years."
"Efficient and effective - it's easy to separate rules."
"An easy solution to learn because the graphics are very intuitive."
"It allows our developers to be able to securely log into servers to deploy and manage software."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"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."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"It would help us a lot of SonicWall sent us more information about the latest updates and things that are changing."
"An area for improvement would be SonicWall NSa's integration with antiviruses."
"SonicWall needs to work on SD-WAN."
"Potential improvement around the associated VPN cost"
"The reporting and monitoring are a bit complex and should be easier in SonicWall NSa because other firewalls I have experienced have been more simple, such as Palo Alto. We are able to receive a clear view of our network. As a general user with little experience, it would be difficult for them to handle."
"Vendor support needs improvement. The frequency of time and support should be increased."
"The product likely isn't a good fit for a large organization."
"The security standards for space and point of view should be improved so that the solution deploys in critical areas."
"I don't really have any notes for improvements."
"I didn't like it much. It suits only small businesses. It isn't scalable and reliable. There is a very critical issue with the power supply."
"The solution needs better integration with captive portals and XGs."
"This product could use some improvement with web filtering. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up and maintain."
"It needs a better user interface. The one they have is not so good."
"We'd like to see them offer their services on mobile devices like tablets. I'm not sure if that's an option or not."
"The virus updates will always depend on new viruses that are discovered. Maybe they can send a notification or a reminder for update time."
"Doesn't provide antivirus for individual computers."
SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st 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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