We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-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."The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The security on offer is very good."
"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."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is easy to maintain...From a security point of view, I find Palo Alto Networks VM-Series to be a better product compared to the other solutions in the market."
"The most valuable feature is the CLI."
"It scales linearly with load and no issues."
"We have reduced the number of configuration lines by 90%. We need fewer number of admins right now because of it."
"AWS has improved our agility to apply firewall rules. It has reduced the amount of time that it takes to apply firewall rules because everything is based in the cloud."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability, ease of implementation, ease of operation, and security."
"The VM-Series scalability is fast and easy to implement, improving our security posture as our Azure network grows."
"What I like about the VM-Series is that you can launch them in a very short time."
"Sophos UTM has a good user interface and granular security controls."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to administer."
"It helped to connect our satellite offices to the main Amazon infrastructure in a circular way."
"Configuration could not be made any easier."
"The UTM features are reasonably strong and the patterns are updated on a regular basis"
"The most valuable features of this solution are the firewall application and application control."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The tool is very costly."
"Integrative capabilities with other solutions should be addressed."
"The interface is all Java-based. I would prefer an HTML5 interface."
"At the beginning of the implementation, we had some difficulties with the scripts, but Palo Alto Networks support together with a local partner finally fixed it."
"There should be an option for direct integration with the Azure platform."
"We don't know how it will scale once we start putting more load on it."
"I would like to have automatic daily reporting, such as how many users have connected via SSL VPN."
"The current licensing model can be a sore point as we're paying for features we're not fully utilizing."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"VPN needs IKEv2, but it’s in the roadmap. Also, all new, cool features will only come to the new Sophos XG Firewall."
"We would like to have unique viewable IDs for rules and in the packet filter logfile, for easier debugging of old log files."
"During initial configuration, I encountered a few issues."
"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 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."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
"We need a better VPN client for the customers."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 53 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". 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 VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. Sophos UTM report.
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