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."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"The graphic user interface of Palo Alto is good and it's easy to configure."
"We have found that Palo Alto Networks WildFire is scalable. We currently have six thousand users for the product."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"An easy solution to learn because the graphics are very intuitive."
"It improved bandwidth utilization and provided link load balancing features for internet and intranet lease lines."
"It has made our organization more secure, because we are using a VPN. We are not accessing services directly. It allows us to segregate some of the traffic for individuals which may be more of a developer role rather than an operational role needing access to developer resources, but not necessarily production operational resources."
"It is a very good product. The threat monitoring process is the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup was easy."
"It's easy to use."
"Scaling out cannot be easier, as there are many migration paths."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
"They can keep on doing more updates. As new malware and viruses are coming out, they can make sure that WildFire is up to date."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire could improve by adding support for manual submission of suspicious files and URLs. Additionally, it would be an advantage to add rule-based analysis. Currently, it uses only static and AI. We need to be able to analyze archive files."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"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 cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
"They could definitely improve on the support, especially in other countries."
"Sophos UTM could improve the way the configuration has to be done. I have to do the configuration through the command line interface but if it could be done through the graphical user interface it would be much better."
"In short, the UI and UX are the areas of improvement in Sophos UTM and similar solutions compared to Palo Alto."
"The logs are not clear, which means that you need an additional piece of software in order to read them clearly."
"Email spam filtering only works if you have an on-prem Exchange server. It doesn't interface with Office 365 like the XG model. That would be one feature that they could improve. They're not going to do it because they're trying to push us all to XG."
"Sophos UTM could improve if there was no limitation on users."
"The solution needs better integration with captive portals and XGs."
"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."
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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