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)."You have better control because you define apps. You just don't define ports. You define apps, and the apps are monitored in the traffic. It is more specific than the Cisco firewall when it comes to our needs."
"With this product, we receive the best monitoring and reports."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"Detailed reporting on analysis of content. The inspections are easily applied to security policy profiles and profile groups, and may be assigned on a per-rule basis."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we never faced any issues."
"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."
"I love the idea of Palo Alto Networks WildFire. It's more geared toward preventing malware. If someone's laptop or phone is malware-infected, the tool prevents it from uploading valuable corporate data outside the corporate network. That's what I love about Palo Alto Networks WildFire. It stops malware in its tracks."
"The solution can scale."
"The management suite is easy and the agent is easy to develop."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to administer."
"The most valuable features of the solution are application filtering and web filtering."
"The solution's sandboxing, application center, and database engine are good."
"It helped to connect our satellite offices to the main Amazon infrastructure in a circular way."
"It is a very good product. The threat monitoring process is the most valuable feature."
"Sophos UTM's best feature is synchronized security."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"I don't think it needs to improve anything, except maybe the speed to deploy the changes."
"The price could be better."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The solution needs better integration with captive portals and XGs."
"The interface configuration could be improved."
"Needs to improve the certificate management (ex. Let's Encrypt support)."
"Flexibility in pricing could be improved. It's more rigid in its pricing compared to its competitor: Kaspersky."
"I would like to see the SD-WAN feature improved."
"Sophos UTM's internet security could be better."
"The technical support only communicates via email. I would prefer to communicate directly with someone."
"The technical support team’s response time could be improved."
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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