Sophos UTM Other Solutions Considered

MG
Asst General Manager(C&IT) at NMDC Ltd

FortiGate 1000D.

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Mohammed_Sajid - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Network Administrator at abl

Per market analysis, the solution is in the top three with FortiGate and Palo Alto. 

All three solutions are comparable so the best fit depends on your engines, environment, and requirements. 

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NA
Head of Operations at Intersect Technologies

I compared Sophos UTM with Fortinet and found that Fortinet's EPP, ATP, and hardware are good. Sophos UTM has also improved its hardware by updating its dual-core processors with a second processor that uses advanced technology, whereas previously, the hardware was handled by a single processor. However, we are still facing some problems with Multicast User Authentication.

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MM
Senior Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

We sell the Meraki MX solution to protect some of our customers, and we are resellers of FortiGate as well.

Sophos is easier to set up than Meraki.

When it comes to reading the logs of other devices, it is much easier with Meraki, FortiGate, or even the Sophos XG firewall.

At the moment, all of the firewalls on the market are doing the same thing. Once you buy the license, it will cover everything.

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AP
Manager IT and Security at Health Street

We looked at Webroot, primarily. That was pretty much the only one we evaluated that was even close to being a competitor. We did look at a few others, but we didn't even do the trials because \Webroot and Sophos offered so much more.

Webroot seemed really nice for Windows, but we have a lot of Macs. Our servers are Windows, and we definitely went with Sophos for the servers because it has a little bit more capability with Webroot.

An example would be that if you have a file server, it will actually detect if a source is changing stuff on the file server. Suppose that a client was connected to them. That client wouldn't even need protection. Sophos is smart enough to understand, "Hey, a client just uploaded this virus." Webroot wouldn't do that. Sophos also lets us do full isolations of the servers or workstations. So if something gets infected, we can isolate that machine with the click of a button, clean it up, and then release it back into the network. That's not something Webroot was capable of handling either. Those were two big things to us because both of those features stop viruses from spreading.

Everyone's going to get infected at some point. We just want to stop the spread as soon as possible.

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Hassan Moussafir - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Senior Expert at Wafaassurance

I'm currently performing a benchmarking of the other solutions against Sophos.

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ZE
Pre-sales manager at National Information Technology Company

We tried and tested Fortigate from Fortinet. We tested several appliances about six years back. Not Palo Alto at that time, only Fortinet. 

We evaluated other open-source Linux software but not appliances. We decided to go with Sophos UTM based on several factors related to the tests we did at that time.

Evaluation is very important so that you can see what are you buying and what you are going to face in the future.

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it_user215397 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO, Technologist with 51-200 employees

We have evaluated many

  • WatchGuard
  • SonicWALL
  • Cisco
  • FortiGate
  • Smoothwall, etc.
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FS
Director of Cloud Technology at Avalere Health\Inovalon

I went and looked at Check Point eight years ago, because back then, I loved Check Point. They also weren't many solutions like this back then. AWS Marketplace did not even exist eight years ago!

After comparing Check Point and Sophos pricing, I questioned whether the decimal for Sophos was in the wrong spot. Sophos's competitors were so much higher in price. 

Originally, cost sold me because Check Point and Sophos had the same features. Now, Sophos has surpassed Check Point's features.

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GM
Owner at supernovatel

I have evaluated other solutions, such as Cisco.

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it_user701457 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Various other platforms were evaluated before choosing the Sophos SG including CheckPoint – UTM1, FortiGate, and Sophos XG (Beta – at the time). All have their own areas where they shine and should be short listed candidate for anyone looking to implement a UTM.

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it_user805347 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer

As a networking engineer, all new products in this category interest me. I find myself testing a lot of different products personally. Here at Flexible Systems, I did not try any other products prior to switching to Sophos. Since we are an MSP, we have had plenty of exposure to many brands of firewalls (Cisco ASA, SonicWall, WatchGuard, Fortinet, ADTRAN, and Edgewater). I personally would choose the Sophos UTM over any other product, including the Sophos XG platform.

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GG
Technical Director at a security firm with 1-10 employees

I have evaluated other solutions, such as Sophos XGS.

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MA
Data Department Manager at BTC Networks

Prior to Sophos, it was mainly Juniper and Fortinet.

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SR
Architecture and DevOps at hc1.com

We looked at a couple other products. However, overall, Sophos UTM seemed to fit the bill. It has allowed us to have a solution that we can maintain and not have to babysit all the time.

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it_user701427 - PeerSpot reviewer
Snr Dev Ops Engineer at a tech services company

We looked at a few, but I can't remember right now.

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IH
Network & Hardware Administrator at Nile Projects & Trading Co.

We did not evaluate other solutions prior to choosing this one.

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PN
Director with 11-50 employees

I'm also aware of Fortinet options, however, they are more expensive if you look at Fortinet vs Sophos. 

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it_user163662 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

While we were looking for deployment of UTM product on AWS in year 2011, there were only 2 stable products available in market i.e., Sophos and Checkpoint. We choose to go ahead with Sophos.

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JX
CIO at Quartesian, LLC

We originally considered Barracuda and another solution.

We chose Sophos because we thought that it provided superior service. Also, they have a long history in the market, and I received a recommendation from one of my consultants.

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IS
CTO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We evaluated SonicWall, WatchGuard, and Stormshield (Netasq) solutions.

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it_user697017 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT at a construction company with 201-500 employees

We evaluated SonicWall, Palo Alto, and Untangle.

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BB
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No, we had a good relationship with Sophos and after comparing it to our previous solution (SonicWall) we were convinced it was a good product.

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Faruk Ahmed - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Engineer at Ensure Support Services Limited

I evaluated Fortinet, but Sophos UTM is easier to manage and more efficiently priced.

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RT
Software Sales Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We also implemented Kaspersky and McAfee.

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MP
DevOps at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

I am also using OpenVPN

Partially, for historic reasons, things were built prior to me being able to evaluate stuff. At the moment, we are using both solutions. In terms of pricing, when I need to spin up anything small with smaller requirements, I am using the free OpenVPN instead of Sophos UTM.

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it_user695352 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
it_user233997 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT/Telecom Specialist at Prewest

We looked at several open-source firewall options whose names I will not mention, and the reason we did not use them was because of the ease of use, and what our support desk could do.

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it_user693984 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Linux ipchains and modern equivalents.

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it_user413994 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Officer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

The instability and best effort service of a community of the open source solution did not give the right trust to depend on in the battle against the negative sides of the worldwide internet

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VM
Assistant Manager IT Zircon Technology at Zircon Techonolgy

We considered implementing a SonicWall product, but went with Sophos UTM because it is easier to handle and configure.  

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AP
Global Network Security Admin at a consumer goods company with 201-500 employees

We also considered Symantec and McAfee. We did not chose them because we had experience with both of them and were not happy with their platforms.

We chose Sophos for its ease of use and it detects malware and viruses that other companies can't detect.

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JM
Cyber Security Officer at Grupo Vision

yes i did, Fortinet, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Meraki.

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it_user410073 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Support Engineer at a religious institution with 51-200 employees
EB
Senior IT Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I evaluated pfSense, and still go with pfSense where IPSec to AzurePack services are needed because Sophos does not support IKEv2.

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JC
Security Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

We looked at Symantec, but liked Sophos's licensing better.

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NP
Cloud Network Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We did not have experience with a firewall prior to installing this solution.

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Buyer's Guide
Sophos UTM
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Sophos UTM. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.