We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"It is a safe product."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"Palo Alto firewalls are scalable enough. We have about 110 employees in our company, and we are about to expand to 130."
"I have found that Palo Alto Networks K2-Series has the best security. They are more user-friendly, older firewalls used to have to be configured using the command-line interface, but in this solution, it can be done in the GUI."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is its management abilities. Additionally, the updates are very good."
"Overall, this is a very simple and very effective firewall, and I am satisfied with it."
"Everything I could possibly want has already been implanted in the new version."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is the configuration, it is very clear."
"It caters to typical use cases across various technologies. MDR and XDR, for example, focus on user and endpoint protection. It's pretty straightforward."
"The IPS system is the best in the field."
"The initial setup has been fine."
"It allows our developers to be able to securely log into servers to deploy and manage software."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"The solution's sandboxing, application center, and database engine are good."
"Sophos SG UTM had all the basic functionality that you needed. It is user-friendly and easy to manage for any integrator."
"Technical support is very responsive."
"The stability, overall, is excellent. I haven't had a problem in the last two years."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"The initial setup is complex."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"The URL Filtering module needs to have more categories added to it."
"The licensing cost is a typical complaint with many clients. The solution is expensive."
"The product should get frequent updates allowing us to add new signatures."
"The reporting functionality in GlobalProtect needs to be improved."
"It is recommended that the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series be implemented step by step for the Panorama. Sometimes we can't overwrite the configurations because it fails."
"They should implement the features that the other firewalls have."
"It would be nice if it could easily be integrated with Elasticsearch or Nagios."
"Palo Alto releases a lot of bug fixes for their firewalls, which means it's necessary to do frequent upgrades. They should work on decreasing their bugs so that upgrades aren't needed so often."
"I would like to see Sophos UTM add support for all the new threat-detection technologies and the ability to respond to novel security threats that come along every day."
"Last year, Sophos had some major internal management changes that negatively impacted their support."
"The ease of use could be a bit better."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"It needs a better user interface. The one they have is not so good."
"There is still room for improvement in wireless protection. I don't mean their WiFi device is bad, but there are still things to improve on, such as WiFi roaming."
"Initially, there were issues with the wireless network as wireless access points were disappearing from the dashboard after some time."
"The initial setup was straightforward. The full deployment takes approximately two days which could be simplified to reduce the time. The major part of the process is the configuration and the policy setup."
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 29 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Palo Alto Networks K2-Series vs. Sophos UTM report.
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