We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ 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."I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."
"It lets me monitor in live time if someone is 'hogging' bandwidth."
"The stability is very nice."
"It is very stable with no issues. The firewall's been up for the past 35 days non-stop. It's performed great. It has performed as it should perform."
"SonicWall TZ is a very cost-effective solution that provides good security."
"I have found the stability of this product to be excellent."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"We use the content filter quite a lot because it's an office setting. During working hours, we like to censor the sites users can visit so it increases productivity. Therefore, the content filter has been good for us."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to administer."
"Sophos SG UTM had all the basic functionality that you needed. It is user-friendly and easy to manage for any integrator."
"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."
"If a computer does get infected the Sophos appliance lets us know via it's Advanced Threat Protection so we can get a much faster response time."
"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)."
"Scaling out cannot be easier, as there are many migration paths."
"It meets our compliance needs in an elastic computer environment."
"It's easy to use."
"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."
"The pricing could always be better."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"I would like to see lower antivirus pricing."
"You need to be a certificate holder to set it up and configure it. It's really important because it looks easy, but it is complex. You need to have the knowledge and experience. But this is normal for technical products. It's not a product for regular user. It's for technical people. You need to have skills."
"From a support perspective, if we're talking tech support I think Silver Partners, Gold Partners, Platinum, whatever level, should have a different number to call. End users can call tech support over at SonicWall if they've paid for support as part of their AGSS or whatever services they bought. The end-user can call, or we can call, however, I don't want to be calling the same line that an end user's calling. I don't want the same response time. I need a different level of expertise."
"Sometimes there is a glitch between the network connection. Last time, something happened on our IP phone, the SonicWall team did some updates to fix the issue. However, glitches happen very rarely. I did not experience any other types of problems."
"Support for SonicWall TZ needs improvement, particularly the time it takes before you're able to speak to a support person, e.g. you have to wait for at least 30 minutes on the phone."
"The small business line has less PPS throughput."
"The solution should provide some additional ports."
"The monitoring is a little bit confusing."
"The management suite is easy and the agent is easy to develop."
"Sophos UTM's internet security could be better."
"The logs are not clear, which means that you need an additional piece of software in order to read them clearly."
"The only time we face a problem or issues is when we place a ticket. We have found that response is very slow."
"The reporting could improve by providing information on where, or from which device attacks are coming from. We are already given the country where the attack is coming from but more information would be beneficial."
"We had some problems with the configuration. They had provided a CloudFormation template, and we had to go several rounds to make it work."
"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."
"The pricing is an issue."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Sophos UTM report.
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