We performed a comparison between Sophos UTM and Untangle NG Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its stability is the most valuable."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The product offers very good security."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"So far, the solution has been problem-free."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"The intrusion prevention is great, and I like dual virus scanning on the network layer because we scan it through Avira and Sophos. Web filtering is also a fantastic option for clients who want to really lock down internet access."
"With over 150 firewalls in our portal, management and monitoring have never been easier."
"Brings greater visibility into the network traffic coming inside and passing away from the company."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the endpoint protection feature."
"Sophos UTM has a good user interface and granular security controls."
"Application Control and filtering features are valuable."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"The product is easy to implement."
"Its detection, antivirus, and filtering features are the most valuable. The facility to connect by using the VPN connection is also a very valuable feature. It is very strong, secure, and reliable. We have implemented the Untangle solution in all hardware. It is also a user-friendly solution. It is easy to learn and easy to configure."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"FortiGate is really good. We have been using it for quite some time. Initially, when we started off, we had around 70 plus devices of FortiGate, but then Check Point and Palo Alto took over the place. From the product perspective, there are no issues, but from the account perspective, we have had issues. Fortinet's presence in our company is very less. I don't see any Fortinet account managers talking to us, and that presence has diluted in the last two and a half or three years. We have close to 1,500 firewalls. Out of these, 60% of firewalls are from Palo Alto, and a few firewalls are from Check Point. FortiGate firewalls are very less now. It is not because of the product; it is because of the relationship. I don't think they had a good relationship with us, and there was some kind of disconnect for a very long time. The relationship between their accounts team and my leadership team seems to be the reason for phasing out FortiGate."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Reporting: We have had to work manually in many of our reports."
"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."
"The initial setup may be difficult for those not familiar with the product."
"This product could use some improvement with web filtering. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up and maintain."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
"The pricing is an issue."
"In short, the UI and UX are the areas of improvement in Sophos UTM and similar solutions compared to Palo Alto."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The hardware can be improved."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"There is room for improvement in the logs. Like with Cisco, I can do almost everything and know almost anything about what's running. Untangle works very much out of the box. It's very user-friendly, but it's not engineer-friendly. So, it's good for a home user. For something fairly easy, but at the same time, with good technology to have at home, because at home, I'm not a millionaire or anything like that. So it's not like I'm worried to get hacked. I didn't want something like a Cisco firewall; it would be a bit overkill to have at home. So that's why I went for Untangle. But it lacks a few features. It's just a tick-box kind of thing. So they have apps and turn on and off the apps. The VPN's configuration is all very ticked. They have a few custom configurations, but it's not that much."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 22 reviews. Sophos UTM is rated 8.4, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and KerioControl, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sophos UTM vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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