We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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."This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"It is a complete package, and it has complete offerings. It fit the needs, and our customer is happy with it."
"Operations have been flawless."
"It is highly scalable because it has a mesh architecture that allows consistent policies."
"The reporting is good."
"FortiGate-VM's firewall is excellent."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate-VM are its flexibility and scalability. This solution is available as a license, which allows us to activate it based on the specific needs of the customer. This gives us and the customer a great deal of versatility and customization options."
"The interface is decent."
"UTM 9 brings along IPSec as well as iPhone and iPad support. This seems small but it’s useful."
"With Sophos, we have not had any incidents this year. The security provided has been good. It has proven to be okay for our needs."
"The features that I've known to be most valuable are both the web security features as well as the web firewall capabilities. As a partner of Sophos firewall, we have some clients and they are using Sophos firewall UTM and we are using it as well."
"Scaling out cannot be easier, as there are many migration paths."
"The initial setup has been fine."
"The solution can scale."
"The isolation of infected machines is a big feature. Also, the ability to detect external sources that change files on a file server is really big."
"The scalability is good."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The costs could be lowered."
"The pricing is expensive."
"The operating system isn't stable, so it goes to memory counters every night."
"The tech support calls were not the best and could be improved. There have been times when we felt as if we knew more about the device than the support person on the phone."
"Technical support could be better."
"In terms of improvement, there have been some problems with the bandwidth of the security layer."
"They could provide more integration options with different platforms."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM should improve its asset identification, wherein the device can identify assets on the network, like computers."
"During initial configuration, I encountered a few issues."
"The pricing is an issue."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"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."
"Sophos UTM could improve if there was no limitation on users."
"The UI can be cumbersome and, sometimes, features are not where you think they should be."
"Sophos UTM's internet security could be better."
"I would like them to move from the Classic Load Balancer to the Network Load Balancer. This would make it easier to do certain things with Amazon. They are able to do some enhancements with Network Load Balancer that they are unable to do with Classic Load Balancer."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and H3C SecPath Firewalls, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Sophos UTM report.
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