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."The wireless control is helpful."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"It handles our current load with ease, and I think it can handle a bit more. It definitely can handle a lot more capacity than we currently use."
"It is very useful to make lists for rules and prepare firewall rules."
"Its technical support is excellent."
"Operations have been flawless."
"It has allowed us to centralize every network service into one appliance."
"The most valuable feature is that its IPsec works perfectly."
"The most valuable features we have found to be the VPN, ease of use, and overall simplicity."
"It's a very simple solution to manage."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"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."
"They are all good, but most-used are Network Protection and Web Filtering."
"The solution's sandboxing, application center, and database engine are good."
"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."
"The UTM features are reasonably strong and the patterns are updated on a regular basis"
"Sophos is a unified solution. We have anti-virus protection, firewall rules, knotting, and DACC all in one box."
"Configuration troubleshooting is eased by the use of the color-coded, live firewall log."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"The biggest area for improvement is storage configuration. It could be smoother."
"We have had some stability issues."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"It needs an Application Inspection."
"In terms of improvement, there have been some problems with the bandwidth of the security layer."
"We encountered scalability issues in IPSec Module. The tunnels freeze sometimes."
"Areas for improvement would be application control and web filtering."
"The operating system isn't stable, so it goes to memory counters every night."
"Initially, there were issues with the wireless network as wireless access points were disappearing from the dashboard after some time."
"As it stands right now, when we have an internet failure on WAN1, it takes several minutes before our WAN2 connection picks up the traffic"
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"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."
"I didn't like it much. It suits only small businesses. It isn't scalable and reliable. There is a very critical issue with the power supply."
"In short, the UI and UX are the areas of improvement in Sophos UTM and similar solutions compared to Palo Alto."
"This product could use some improvement with web filtering. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up and maintain."
"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."
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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