We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks WildFire and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, ESET and others in ATP (Advanced Threat Protection)."For example, if a security Intel threat talks about an IOC. We can then go to our MSP and say, "Is there a signature for this particular type of malware that just came out?" And if they'll say yes, then we'll say, "Okay. Does it apply to these firewalls? And have we seen any hits on it?" There's absolutely value in it."
"The technical support is good."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"The backup is the best feature."
"We get support in the free version."
"Intuitive threat prevention and analysis solution, with a machine learning feature. Scalable, stable, and protects against zero-day threats."
"Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones has improved my organization."
"The graphic user interface of Palo Alto is good and it's easy to configure."
"They are all good, but most-used are Network Protection and Web Filtering."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the efficiency and mail filtering module."
"The stability, overall, is excellent. I haven't had a problem in the last two years."
"The most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"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 solution is easy to handle and configure."
"It has allowed us to design a bespoke cloud space for our clients, while still having an excellent level of protection."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"The price could be better."
"There are certain changes that I was expecting in the previous version, and I hope that they are soon fixed. All of the problems that I have faced so far have been resolved."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire should be more real-time in nature. The signature updates should happen in a minute or less than a minute to be a very good feature for the customer."
"Sophos UTM's firewall is a bit weak, and some of its features lack depth compared to other products like F5."
"It would be nice if it had basic features, such as DLP (Data Loss Prevention)."
"The product could be simplified and made more self-explanatory."
"Anti-phishing functionality should be improved."
"The initial setup was straightforward. The full deployment takes approximately two days which could be simplified to reduce the time. The major part of the process is the configuration and the policy setup."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
"I am going to flat out say technical support is terrible. Being a Platinum level customer, I am not happy with the support."
Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) with 58 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". 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 WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Fortinet FortiSandbox, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls.
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