We performed a comparison between OPNsense 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 GUI is good."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"The VPN server feature is the most valuable. It is integrated with Radius and AAA for doing accounting and authentication. Insight view is also an important feature for me at this time. It allows me to assess our network traffic. I also like the firewall feature. The BSD kernel has a packet filter. It is one of the most solid frameworks for firewalls. Its user interface is one of the best interfaces I have used."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"The technical support is very good."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"The UTM features are reasonably strong and the patterns are updated on a regular basis"
"Brings greater visibility into the network traffic coming inside and passing away from the company."
"Sophos UTM has a good user interface and granular security controls."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"It's a stable solution."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"Sophos UTM has improved the porting section. It has improved security by seeing the gaps. For example, when you discover that an entry has been using a certain application, with Sophos UTM acting as a Layer 7 firewall, you can block the application, not the port."
"Sophos UTM provides security for our network here and access through a VPN connection for our remote users. It also offers the flexibility to create different tools for accessibility."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The biggest "gotcha" is that if the client purchases what they call the UTM shared bundle, which has unified threat management on both, it's not as easy to manage if you have more than one firewall."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"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."
"The only time we face a problem or issues is when we place a ticket. We have found that response is very slow."
"The technical support only communicates via email. I would prefer to communicate directly with someone."
"I would like some features that are available in other brands. For example, I sometimes a person is using too much bandwidth, and it isn't easy to find this information in Sophos. Also, we have to switch connections manually when we are using a VPN and lose the MPLS connection. It isn't automatic."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"They could definitely improve on the support, especially in other countries."
"There can be a delay when it comes to reaching out to technical support."
"They could reduce the price."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, IPFire and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall and Untangle NG Firewall. See our OPNsense vs. Sophos UTM report.
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