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 technical support is good."
"The scalability is acceptable."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"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."
"It gives a more accurate assessment of a virus in terms of whether it's truly a virus, malware, or a false positive. We have some legacy software that could pop up as being something that is malware. WildFire goes through and inspects it, and then it comes back and lets us know if it's a false positive. Usually, when it finds out that it's not a virus, it lets us know that it's benign, and it can exclude it from that scan, which means I don't even have to worry about that one popping up anymore."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"The solution is easy to use and the Panorama feature is good. The software management or the malware blocking and some authentication management system are good."
"A good tool for file scanning and email threat detection, especially when it comes to attachments and communications."
"Configuration could not be made any easier."
"Sophos is a unified solution. We have anti-virus protection, firewall rules, knotting, and DACC all in one box."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"Good basic firewall functions with advanced firewall scanning."
"Sophos UTM is very user-friendly and has good integration with other solutions."
"It helps us with protection, with concurrent use of the VPN."
"The initial configuration is straightforward thanks to the web GUI. In 30 minutes, you can have a running firewall with UTM protection enabled."
"I would recommend UTM over XG because it's easier to manage."
"The deployment model could be better."
"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."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
"The global product feature needs improvement, the VPN, and we need some enhanced features."
"I don't think it needs to improve anything, except maybe the speed to deploy the changes."
"There are more specialized solutions that compete with Wildfire. Therefore, they need to work on their machine learning and AI to be more competitive."
"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 like to see the SD-WAN feature improved."
"Last year, Sophos had some major internal management changes that negatively impacted their support."
"It does have built-in policies, which enable you to disable USB devices, etc. It would be nice if they had more policies because there are not that many of them."
"The logs are not clear, which means that you need an additional piece of software in order to read them clearly."
"The memory and processing were problematic. The interface could be better."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"We'd like to see them offer their services on mobile devices like tablets. I'm not sure if that's an option or not."
"There needs to be some improvement in the IPsec VPN. There is implementation only support. I have version one. I'd be most interested in having IP version two from the protocol."
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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