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)."We get support in the free version."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"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."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"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."
"I would recommend UTM over XG because it's easier to manage."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"Has great security features and does a good job of protecting the network."
"Advanced protection (Sophos Sandstorm) - Protects against crypto viruses in real-time."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"The firewall itself is very strong and provides great security."
"There are some formats that the solution cannot support ."
"There are more specialized solutions that compete with Wildfire. Therefore, they need to work on their machine learning and AI to be more competitive."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"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."
"I would give this product a rating of 9 out of 10 due to some slight issues of performance."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"Initially, there were issues with the wireless network as wireless access points were disappearing from the dashboard after some time."
"An area for improvement in Sophos UTM is load balancing because my company cannot use it currently. If Sophos could release a new configuration for the load balancing feature to work for my company, that would be great."
"There is absolutely no support when using AWS. If you buy the on-premise Sophos solution, you get support."
"The logs are not clear, which means that you need an additional piece of software in order to read them clearly."
"The application control is really bad. It needs a lot of enhancements. The traffic shaping and bandwidth control, and application control need a lot of work."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"The solution needs better integration with captive portals and XGs."
"The interface configuration 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.
We monitor all Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.