We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"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."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to deeply analyze the connection or connection type."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls saves us time."
"Operationally, it is easier, and the manageability and their security features are good."
"Some of the valuable features in this solution are traffic monitoring, GUI functionality, and it very easy to troubleshoot if there is any problem that happens."
"The strengths of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls are application visibility and application awareness. Their strong point is identifying applications for traffic. So all of the policies that are configured are related to the application and not to a port."
"We have found the SSL decryption within this solution to be great; you can enable this feature and have the ability to see more of what is happening across your network."
"I like the navigation of the general Panorama solution. I can easily navigate around and get to the thing I need. I'm not wasting time trying to find something."
"Provision of quality training material and the reporting is very good."
"The initial configuration is straightforward thanks to the web GUI. In 30 minutes, you can have a running firewall with UTM protection enabled."
"What I like about Sophos UTM is that it improves my company's security. The solution is easy to set up, which I like, and it's very stable."
"The management suite is easy and the agent is easy to develop."
"The solution can scale."
"The packet filtering's great. You get out what you put into it. It works great as long as you know your security and configure everything adequately. If you just pop one in and it's not configured, then it's basically wide open. It kind of depends on the admin skill, but it's an excellent product."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The solution is easy to handle and configure."
"The stability, overall, is excellent. I haven't had a problem in the last two years."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"I would like to see better third-party orchestration so that it is easier for the team to work with different products."
"I would like them to improve their GUI interface, making it more user-friendly."
"The solution doesn't support routing in virtual firewall creation, and we want that to be enabled."
"The only area I can see for improvement is that Palo Alto should do more marketing."
"This is a difficult product to manage, so the administrator needs to have a good knowledge of it, otherwise, they will not be able to handle it properly."
"The price of the solution is very high."
"The advanced manual protection needs to be improved a little bit because they used to make a cloud manual analysis for the cloud."
"Interface could be improved visually and simplified."
"There is absolutely no support when using AWS. If you buy the on-premise Sophos solution, you get support."
"They could definitely improve on the support, especially in other countries."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
"I don't really have any notes for improvements."
"The lack of import/export functions for network and service options drives me mad."
"Needs to improve the certificate management (ex. Let's Encrypt support)."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"The UI can be cumbersome and, sometimes, features are not where you think they should be."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 161 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Untangle NG Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. Sophos UTM report.
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