We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall 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."It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"Microsoft's technical support is very good. They're quite knowledgable and responsive."
"The initial setup is straightforward; Azure Firewall does not have a complex implementation process. It is very simple; you just need to enable the service within Azure. It does not require any maintenance because it is managed by Microsoft, that is, it is a fully managed service."
"It is easy for me to protect certain ports or even the IP addresses, as well as do whitelisting, blacklisting, and the FQDN when we want virtual machines connected and to protect certain websites."
"One of the best features is that it natively integrates with Azure Services and tools. When you have a third-party offering, that is not the case. But Azure Firewall provides a comprehensive and seamless security solution for your Azure resources."
"I like its order management feature. It doesn't have the kind of threat intelligence that Palo Alto has, but the order management makes it much simpler to know the difference."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"The Layer four features are okay and meet my business needs."
"It's auto-scalable, which is a great feature."
"Good basic firewall functions with advanced firewall scanning."
"Technical support is very responsive."
"The solution is stable."
"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 stability, overall, is excellent. I haven't had a problem in the last two years."
"Sophos SG UTM had all the basic functionality that you needed. It is user-friendly and easy to manage for any integrator."
"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."
"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."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"It would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"There should be better monitoring and logging. Currently, it is put in Sentinel. It should be more seamless and from the interface."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly."
"This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing."
"The development area and QA area could be improved. With those improvements, we can improve projects and take even less time to implement them."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"We had some problems with the configuration. They had provided a CloudFormation template, and we had to go several rounds to make it work."
"As it stands right now, when we have an internet failure on WAN1, it takes several minutes before our WAN2 connection picks up the traffic"
"The solution needs better integration with captive portals and XGs."
"During initial configuration, I encountered a few issues."
"This product could use some improvement with web filtering. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up and maintain."
"In short, the UI and UX are the areas of improvement in Sophos UTM and similar solutions compared to Palo Alto."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Netgate pfSense, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Azure Firewall vs. Sophos UTM report.
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