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 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)."The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks WildFire are the good URL and file analysis that uses artificial intelligence. It has different interfaces, such as rest, SMTP protocol, and HTTPS. The Security incidents and event management are very good. Additionally, there are many file types that are supported and there is no limit to the number of files it can handle simultaneously. It integrates well with SIEM solutions."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"The scalability is acceptable."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"The solution is completely integrated with all the other Palo Alto products. I think that it is the best part for endpoint protection. The firewall features include URL and DNS filtering, threat protection, and antivirus."
"Using WildFire has reduced the number of viruses and the amount of malware that comes into our system, which means that I don't have to rely on the end-users to identify it."
"A good tool for file scanning and email threat detection, especially when it comes to attachments and communications."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"It now controls all the security aspects of our web servers with Sophos UTM WAF."
"The UTM features are reasonably strong and the patterns are updated on a regular basis"
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"Good basic firewall functions with advanced firewall scanning."
"It's easy to use."
"Advanced protection (Sophos Sandstorm) - Protects against crypto viruses in real-time."
"The firewall itself is very strong and provides great security."
"The isolation of infected machines is a big feature. Also, the ability to detect external sources that change files on a file server is really big."
"The deployment model could be better."
"I would give this product a rating of 9 out of 10 due to some slight issues of performance."
"The product fails to offer protection when dealing with high-severity vulnerabilities, making it an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
"The price could be better."
"The configuration should be made a little bit easier. I understand why it is as it is, but there should be a way to make it easier from the user side."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
"There is still room for improvement in wireless protection. I don't mean their WiFi device is bad, but there are still things to improve on, such as WiFi roaming."
"It needs a better user interface. The one they have is not so good."
"With Sophos UTM, there is a general rule in the firewall when the country blocking can block some countries from accessing your data. In the current version, you still need to add it by putting in the IP range. This feature would be helpful for administrators and it gives them the advantage to block stuff in less time."
"Support for IKEv2 is needed in this solution."
"Doesn't provide antivirus for individual computers."
"They could use more SSL VPN support."
"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."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) 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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