Sophos is actually fairly expensive. When it was Astaro, it was the most expensive solution in the same tier as Cisco PX and Barracuda's line with multiple different blades to do different things. Astaro was the first solution to have unified threat management all in one blade. You don't need to get full-blown security at the top price. You can get the network security subscription or the web security subscription, etc.

On a scale of one to five, I'd probably give it about a four for affordability because it's pretty expensive. It's good stuff. I've always been a firm believer that you get what you pay for.

We purchased the appliance with five years onsite support and licenses.

I would rate the pricing as 2.5 out of 5.

The problem with the Sophos is not the cost of the hardware but the cost of the modules, packages, and the subscription.

We have a three-year license and have support services as well. 

I'd rate the affordability of the solution seven out of ten. The pricing is decent. 

The solution's pricing is based on a licensing model and is competitive. 

The solution was 20,000 Rial about five years ago. 

I rate pricing a ten out of ten. 

You cannot really say that the solution is expensive, given the protection it gives.

Sophos UTM is a reasonably priced product.

I rate the product's price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

Compared to the current market offerings, like FortiGate or SonicWall, Sophos offers its solution at a good price.

This product is free for home users. There is a limitation to the number of devices that can be connected, but nobody expects at home that there will be more than 50 devices connected to the firewall.

For business users, if you have the proper license, it will provide full protection not only as a firewall, but will protect your web server, Exchange Server, network, and provider web filtering capabilities. These days, that is really important. You don't want somebody to get in, or when a user clicks a link, they could lose some information.

The more expensive products have better performance. If you have fast broadband then you will need a bigger device, otherwise, it will slightly reduce the speed of your throughput. For example, if you have a gigabit connection with the cheapest model, perhaps a UTM 320, then it will cut the speed by approximately 50% to 500 megabits.

When compared to Trend Micro, the price is currently competitive.

The pricing is nearly the same. Implying that each endpoint costs approximately one million rupees.

It will cost approximately $67 US per device. We have 300 devices in our organization.

I would rate the pricing a three out of five.

The price could be improved. In my opinion, we could get a discount. We have already contacted Asia Pacific sellers, and they have agreed to keep the reduced price if we upgrade in March 2023.

It's expensive. It has a yearly license.

Pricing for Sophos UTM is OK. Here in Egypt, many companies use the solution because of its price and features.

My company pays the Sophos UTM license fee yearly.

The price of the license for Sophos UTM is approximately $5,500. The solution is less expensive than competitors.

The biggest issue with Sophos is the pricing. It's definitely more expensive. We looked at Webroot, which is a big alternative, and Sophos was almost three times the price of Webroot. That's a pretty big difference.

We actually went with both Webroot and Sophos. We went with Webroot for most of the client machines. We're only using Sophos for the servers and the really important client machines, like the ones the managers use. That way, we can split our cost up a little bit.

The solution is affordable compared to others, such as FortiGate. The price is important.

I rate the price of Sophos UTM a seven out of ten.

The cost could be considered reasonable based on other plans. However, when I was looking at when you renew our licenses, the pricing is a little bit weird. When you renew your license, the licenses are at the cost of buying a new device in your plan. I haven't renewed yet. However, I would need to figure out that aspect. 

I can't recall the exact costs of the product as it's been a while since we originally licensed it. 

Compared to Juniper, the difference is the pricing. It's more affordable than Cisco or Juniper, actually.

We do pay extra for Sophos support services.

The license is easy to acquire and implement. 

Licensing can be purchased for one, two, or three years but I'm unaware of the cost. The solution can be downloaded for free if it's for home use which is a good way of testing before implementation.

The price of Sophos UTM is reasonable. 

Having a cloud option is a real cost saving. 

In terms of licensing, we pay on yearly basis. From there, what happens, in the last month, we request a quotation for renewal, and then from there we just pay through the local reseller. 

We're thinking of maybe dealing with the supplier, the manufacturer, directly, however, right now, we're still using the local supplier for licensing and payments. 

The Sophos UTM license is annual or you have a choice for a two or three-year term.

The Sophos UTM licensing is based on if you have an appliance. There are several layers of subscription you can take:

• Sophos UTM Full Guard includes everything but a few features.
• Sophos UTM Full Guard Plus includes all the most used features, i.e Wifi, ITF, ITS, web publishing WAF, etc. 

There is a huge price list. The prices in the MENA area (the Middle East and North Africa) is completely different than North America.

The products are completely different in the MENA area from the United States. Each region has its own scheme of pricing based on the VAT and the tax refund. 

The price might be different for the people who are in the United States and the UK.

After you select the level of subscription, you pay once.

The licensing costs for Sophos are reasonable. It's clear to me that there are no full solutions, you can't win it all, and the cost is always an issue. We're on the winning side with Sophos in that respect. We renew our license every three years. 

A SoHo setup takes about an hour, which is US$125 and the monthly management/maintenance is US$30, but it all adds up.

There is a license for the device and for the software. We pay annually for the solution and the cost is competitive.

We originally purchased the solution through the AWS Marketplace. I started my proof of concept doing pay-as-you-go, then moved to a VAR for a 'Bring Your Own Licence' (BYOL) licensing model. The BYOL license still requires you to accept the terms of the AWS Marketplace to deploy.

It is easy to purchase through the AWS Marketplace. In addition, if you have a budget for the AWS Marketplace, then your purchases will appear on your regular Amazon bill, which makes things even easier.

In terms of licensing, here in the Philippines, we just pay on a yearly basis. The renewal is up for this year in Q3. We are talking now with the distributor where we purchased the hardware for a possible renewal with the client.

Overall, they provide very reasonable pricing.

The licensing options with virtual are great and scaling up and down is typically not an issue if you reseller is involved. Sometimes buying the hardware makes more sense than going virtual. The hardware is great and unlike the virtual licensing is unrestricted by user numbers. There are huge numbers of OS models that range from very small to very large. You will likely find a good fit for your deployment.

A great benefit is that you can migrate your Sophos SG license to a Sophos XG license in the future. You can safely Deploy on SG and later migrate over to the newer XG platform when you are ready. It offers a great feature set at a good price point.

The cost of the license depends on the size of the firewall appliance. There is a huge variety of pricing models.  

Sophos UTM has very reasonable pricing. 

The prices can be better, they could make it a lot cheaper.

We procured this solution via the AWS Marketplace because of BYOL (bring your own licence). That was the driving force behind the choice. In addition, they had test and production environments in AWS already so it was easy to get a sign-off.

I am not in sales and cannot comment on this. I design and implement network configurations. 

I would recommend to follow Sophos’ sizing guidelines for choosing which license and model to use. Sophos has their own way of going about this and supplies partners with all the information required. If you follow their documentation and guidelines, there should be zero questions about licensing and sizing. 

Sophos also offers free training when selling their products from within the partner portal.

Both the technical and cost aspects are feasible since it is possible to obtain and use the device as a PnP solution. Considering cost and technical aspects, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

There was an up-front charge of around $70,000, to purchase the hub and license.  Beyond the initial cost, licenses are charged for annually, but they are good value for the service we receive.

The solution is very low cost compared to competitors. You have a good firewall, a lot of functions for less than the price of some omni firewall competitors.

We've found the solution to be cost-effective overall.

Normally we do a three-year license with maintenance on a firewall.

Beyond the standard maintenance fee, the solution doesn't require any other licensing costs.

Sophos UTM is a little pricey, but it's reasonable if I compare it to Fortinet. 

The price of the solution is high. The price from USD to my currency is expensive.

I rate the price of Sophos UTM a five out of ten.

Price-wise, you get the bang for your buck. You get a huge value set. Ask for HA, high availability, since a lot of Sophos resellers sell two firewalls, the second one being free. Then, you only pay for one license. If your first firewall fails, the license migrates to the second one.

The licensing is paid on a yearly basis. You just need to pay the standard licensing fee. There are no extra costs. 

Sophos UTM isn't cheap. It's in the middle, so not the cheapest, but not the most expensive. It's average. If you buy the full suite, you don't need to pay for add-ons, but if you buy some partial products, you have to pay to deploy more features.

Everything involving pricing and licensing is maintained by our Bangladesh Sophos country managers. The pricing is okay and the licensing is also included in the price.

Purchasing through the AWS Marketplace is pretty straightforward. Because were entirely on AWS and don't have anything anywhere else. It made the most sense for us as a one stop shop.

The pricing is pretty reasonable. I don't think that it is overly expensive.

Licensing is a bit complicated, as it is based on products -- so define your requirements and find what best suits you, as you do not need the whole suite of software they provide.

For AWS, it is pretty straightforward. You buy it, then you have all your licenses that you need, approximately 60 or 70, or it might even be unlimited. However, that is for one margin to expand to different margins. If you have an on-premise AWS, or one of our clients wanted on-premise AWS Assistant, the problem is to build the Sophos UTM on it. We get the software, then the licensing was not explained well because when you buy the licenses, you buy five (or 50) licenses, that is for the first module. So if you expand to second module, you have to buy more licenses of that. 

Again, it is one of those things where it is not well explained. Unless you are in the United States, or you have to use Sophos, you can't contact Sophos directly. You have to use a third-party company, and they all have different ways of how they explain their licensing. So, we have clients that want the database on-premise, and we went to get the Sophos licensing system and stuff like that. It was just they were doing it a different way to who we had in Ireland, so the conformity is a bit iffy. 

It is one of those things where it is not very well explained, so it is a lot of grunt work, a lot research has to be done before you progress, and there are the pitfalls that you encounter. There are quite a few of them. Once you get it working, it is a fantastic product. It is just getting it that is the issue. 

This solution is less expensive than FortiGate. 

Sophos UTM should be more open-source and reduce its license cost. 

The pricing is reasonable. Of course, the customer would always like it to be lower, however, the quality to price ratio is positive.

The appliance should be purchased and there is a fee for the license.

There is an option for a yearly licensing fee or for three years.

On AWS, instances/servers are charged on hourly basis. The yearly licensing cost for 10 years is nearly around $200-300.

Sophos UTM is priced in the middle range. Okay. It's a good value and a far better price than many competing solutions.

I'm using the free version. 

I recommend you get the three year licenses, since Sophos offers three years for the price of two. I would also recommend that you acquire any Sophos Licensing with Professional Services added, that way, you'll have the best experience possible.

Purchasing it through the AWS Marketplace went smoothly. We did not have any issues and the pricing was decent.

We decided to purchase through the AWS Marketplace because of the integration with the AWS infrastructure, firing it up and configuring it was very seamless.

Sophos UTM's pricing is on the cheaper side.

We pay for the service on a yearly basis. The last time we paid was in June, for a year. At the time, it was about $20,000.

There are no costs above a standard licensing fee.

The pricing for Sophos UTM is quite acceptable compared to other UTM vendors. If you would like to run an active-passive HA system, you only need to buy an additional hardware without subscription. At other vendors, you need subscription for both devices.

In the case of a software/virtual appliance subscription, you pay by protecting user/IP addresses. You can do this to as much hardware resources as you like.

The licensing model is very straightforward, it's a bit pricey, but for what you get, it's well worth it.

Think twice when you are choosing your Sophos UTM/XG. I made a mistake the first time because I needed more powerful hardware for my network. I did not choose very well. The price and the license are definitely elements for which you must think twice. I had excellent cooperation with the Sophos sales team and my mistake was quickly resolved.

Most companies I have dealt with handing them a unit find they don't have to do much ongoing work on the unit. Once its working, its working and adjustments to rules and policies are easy.

Sophos UTM is moderately priced, but it could be improved.

Although Sophos UTM is a good product, other products have more flexibility with their pricing. It is a very fine product, but when someone wants more relaxed pricing or more leverage in pricing, Sophos is more rigid.

For example, Kaspersky is successful in Fintechs because of its services, plus they offer flexible pricing to their end users. It's a comparative advantage here in Pakistan because Pakistan is a very price-conscious market. This is the reason why every time we pitch, we have to pitch more than one product here in Pakistan. They spend their money on SIEM and other kinds of security firewall, but for endpoint solutions, they say any low-budget product could easily be implemented. Most of the customers here in Pakistan like it this way.

Sophos UTM’s are not the cheapest but they are not the most expensive. Create a checklist of what you need, and go through it with a sales representative. They will advise the right license for your company and I’m sure you can get some discount.

The solution is 100% free. You can just download the software for up to 50 IP addresses. It is a hundred percent free. Throw it on your own machine. Right, it's a native Linux product, a hardened Linux product and it's free for that sort of user.

The price is something that one will need to consider.

If you can afford it, go for a small Check Point, as it is easier to manage.

I looked at some open source variants but being able to use the best professional (free for the home version) product with regular updates -- convinced me to use the Sophos UTM solution at Home.

The price is comparable to other products of this kind. 

Our licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis.

Sometimes more is less, meaning if you want more than three features, take the FullGuard licence.

SOphos is the best alternative in features, specifications and lower price.

I have no problem with the cost or licensing of this solution. This is a primary reason whay I wanted this solution. It does the same thing cheaper than other name brands.

For under 50 users, MSP licensing is profitable.

From time to time, there is a promotion and it is more cost effective to get the 3 years subscription licensing upfront.

Unfortunately, the pricing is very expensive, but for licensing, there are some "cheap" options for some scenarios.

It is necessary to pay for a licence to use the solution, but it is not very expensive. 

I think the pricing of Sophos is very fair.

It's reasonably priced.

Go to a vendor and let them assess your needs so you can get a right-sized device.

Pricing is competitive.

The pricing and licensing are both good and better than Sophos's competitors. This is why we went with the product.

It is the cheapest product available. It's good if you have a low budget.