We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The security on offer is very good."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"The most valuable features of Sophos UTM are the ease of use, it is very user-friendly. You can understand what they implement in the new firmware, and it's easy to manage the firewalls."
"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."
"It is easy to manage."
"The product is extremely intuitive."
"Sophos UTM's most valuable features are profiling and its simple configuration."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Efficient and effective - it's easy to separate rules."
"It allows our developers to be able to securely log into servers to deploy and manage software."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"The reporting system needs to allow for customizations because many reports do not include details that we expect."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"There is absolutely no support when using AWS. If you buy the on-premise Sophos solution, you get support."
"It would be nice if it had basic features, such as DLP (Data Loss Prevention)."
"There were a lot of features and functionality in Sophos SG UTM but nothing was state of the art in terms of technology. You did not get the latest functions. It was very monolithic as it was based on an old Linux PuTTY system."
"It is a pretty straightforward setup, but it should be some sort of documentation that takes you step-by-step to help set it up for your VPC."
"They could definitely improve on the support, especially in other countries."
"When we call support, we get put on hold for a long time."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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