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)."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."
"I like the analysis they apply to the unknown files, and I think they have good technology to use as a sandboxing tool. I didn't find something similar to WildFire in the marketplace."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"A good tool for file scanning and email threat detection, especially when it comes to attachments and communications."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"Remote access is excellent."
"The most valuable features are all of the security features in terms of protection and SSL and VPN."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"The three most important features for us are web protection, web server protection, and network protection."
"The cost of the solution is very reasonable."
"It allows our developers to be able to securely log into servers to deploy and manage software."
"They are all good, but most-used are Network Protection and Web Filtering."
"Sophos UTM is the simplest of these products to setup."
"It is easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is reporting, it is flexible. I can monitor the end user's devices, even when they are not on my network. It has good drill-down capabilities."
"I think it would be nice for Palo Alto to work without the connection to the cloud. It is 100% powerful when connected to the cloud. But, if you disconnect from the cloud, you only get 40-50% power."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"Any enhancements should likely be focused on the firewall appliance to further strengthen overall security capabilities, such as refining app and user identity features."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release of Palo Alto Networks WildFire, each release is based on malware that has been identified. The key problem is an average of six months from the time malware is written to the time it's discovered and a signature is created for it. The only advice that I can give is for them to shorten that timeframe. I don't know how they would do it, but if they shorten that, for example, cut it in half, they'll make themselves more famous."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"The VPN and decryption need 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."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"The UI can be cumbersome and, sometimes, features are not where you think they should be."
"This product could use some improvement with web filtering. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up and maintain."
"Stay away from the wireless models, since you cannot put them in HA. They start to give you some weird issues once you start getting into multiple SSIDs and networks."
"The interface configuration could be improved."
"The management suite is easy and the agent is easy to develop."
"Support for IKEv2 is needed in this solution."
"The ease of use could be a bit better."
"They could use more SSL VPN support."
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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