We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Collaboration with other Cisco products such as ISE and others is the most valuable feature."
"It's easy to integrate ASA with other Cisco security products. When you understand the technology, it's not a big deal. It's very simple."
"The Adversity Malware Protection (AMP) feature is the most valuable. It is also very easy to use. Every technical user can operate this solution without any difficulty. The dashboard of Cisco Firepower has every tool that a security operator needs. You can find every resource that you need to operate through this dashboard."
"I work with Cisco and other partners, but the Cisco team is the best team in our country. When I call them, they always help us."
"Cisco Secure Firewall is reliable, which is why we opted for it during the pandemic for our remote users."
"The best features are stability and scalability."
"The most valuable features of Cisco firewalls are the IPS and IDS items. We find them very helpful. Those are the biggest things because we have some odd, custom-made products in our environment. What we've found through their IPS and IDS is that their vulnerability engines have caught things that are near-Zero-day items, inside of our network."
"I have found the most valuable feature to be the access control and IPsec VPN."
"Stability-wise, I rate this solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate this solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the IPS. It also protects us from malware."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"The solution is easy to handle and configure."
"The three most important features for us are web protection, web server protection, and network protection."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"We use Sophos UTM as our main firewall with all its features included. Mainly, it controls all of our network perimeter security: firewall, IDS/IPS, and web application firewall (including VoIP)."
"So far, the solution has been problem-free."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"It needs more available central management."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"Lacks training for new features."
"It is confusing to have two management interfaces, e.g., ASDM and Firepower Management Center."
"Some of the features, like the stability, need to be improved."
"Some individuals find the setup and configuration challenging."
"It has poor performance."
"With the new FTD, there is a little bit of a learning curve."
"There are always vulnerabilities that come up and there was one in early 2018 but this was patched with software updates."
"Initial setup was fairly complex."
"Comparing Cisco solution to others, it is expensive, it would be better for it to be cheaper."
"Reporting: We have had to work manually in many of our reports."
"The logs are not clear, which means that you need an additional piece of software in order to read them clearly."
"Sophos UTM could improve if there was no limitation on users."
"The solution needs to do better at covering mobile devices, although they may have an integrated solution for that purpose."
"Sophos UTM's internet security could be better."
"There's an issue that when we deploy UTM on fiber, it automatically upgrades to the latest version without giving an option to stay on the current one."
"In Sophos UTM there is always a problem with the routing tables. If you want to see the routing table, you have to use the UI. You can't do it via a web browser. The routing table is better in Fortinet."
"The technical support team’s response time could be improved."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and SonicWall NSa, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Sophos UTM report.
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