We performed a comparison between Perimeter 81 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."The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The solution is stable."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The ease of use not only translates to quick adoption rates - it also ensures that our employees remain compliant with our cybersecurity protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of our organization."
"Distributing the agent was very simple, allowing us to enforce security posture on our devices (i.e. S1, Disk-encryption, etc.)."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"It connects quickly and stays connected. The user interface is pretty neat too. The app has in-house support with user guides that give you step-by-step walkthroughs on navigating the app. In addition, there is a live chat feature that offers prompt assistance on the go."
"Our operators can work from home without any problems."
"It has provided a seamless gateway to much-needed platforms."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"The management suite is easy and the agent is easy to develop."
"It allows me to easily connect with more than forty-five remote sites and more than fifty remote users between IPsec and SSL VPN, applying the web filter and application filter to ensure a secure connection."
"Sophos is a unified solution. We have anti-virus protection, firewall rules, knotting, and DACC all in one box."
"The product is extremely intuitive."
"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 initial setup was easy."
"The solution is easy to handle and configure."
"Sophos UTM is the simplest of these products to setup."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Its price could be better."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"They've become quite expensive."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"I would suggest adding more networking and security features that allow more customization within their platform."
"The solution's speed of upload and download is an area where it lacks"
"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."
"I don't know if it is technically feasible, however, if the Desktop App could be used as a Web App or a Chrome Extension it would be very nice."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"If I were to be nitpicky, I would ask that Perimeter 81 offer the option for us to change the color of the graphical user interface, like maybe pink or green or so on."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
"The overall UI could be improved and updated to bring a simpler feel to the application."
"The solution needs better integration with captive portals and XGs."
"An area for improvement in Sophos UTM is load balancing because my company cannot use it currently. If Sophos could release a new configuration for the load balancing feature to work for my company, that would be great."
"Initially, there were issues with the wireless network as wireless access points were disappearing from the dashboard after some time."
"Reporting: We have had to work manually in many of our reports."
"The only time we face a problem or issues is when we place a ticket. We have found that response is very slow."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"Sophos UTM sometimes falls short in high-availability environments. They used to launch firmware that didn't work very well in a high-availability environment."
"The lack of import/export functions for network and service options drives me mad."
Perimeter 81 is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 22 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Perimeter 81 vs. Sophos UTM report.
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