We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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 solution is scalable."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"The setup is simple."
"Fortinet-VM is more scalable than the hardware version. If you're using an appliance, there are limitations in terms of hardware specs. So if you want a more scalable firewall, you can get a VM and install it on a high-end server."
"The most valuable feature is the WAN optimization."
"I like the visibility and monitoring features because they're easy to use to monitor traffic. Features like geo-blocking and more have AI, and we're currently using all of it. But for now, we're only using geo-blocking, and we're able to block traffic from different countries. I also like that it's highly responsive. VM04 is also very powerful."
"The most valuable features are locking applications from in and out of my test network and testing malware on different devices. I use malware detection, antivirus, and basic firewall policies to check for different types of security breaches. The UI is really nice and easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the SD-WAN and the web filtering applications control."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to deploy it on live physical hardware. Specifically, when providing firewall services for clients, we can leverage such hardware appliances to support multiple customers on the same hardware."
"The solution is stable."
"Sophos UTM has improved the porting section. It has improved security by seeing the gaps. For example, when you discover that an entry has been using a certain application, with Sophos UTM acting as a Layer 7 firewall, you can block the application, not the port."
"It helps us with protection, with concurrent use of the VPN."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"The stability of Sophos UTM is very good. The solution has been stable since Sophos took over Cyberoam which was the original company providing this solution."
"The cost of the solution is very reasonable."
"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."
"It gives us the ability to manage our firewalls from the cloud and deploy a unified configuration onto them. Other competitors like Meraki have that ability, but they fail to optimize it in the way that Sophos has."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"Application management can be improved."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The solution is fairly complex."
"In the next releases, it would be nice to see central cloud management."
"Their offering for MFA isn't the cleanest."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration capability with SIEM tools, such as QRadar, and LogRhythm."
"One thing that can be better is added automation. And, on top of that, enhanced security when it comes to the automation itself."
"The interface needs to be updated and simplified."
"To improve FortiGate-VM, Fortinet needs to harden it more. For example, if you are using Hyper-V, then you need guidelines for hardening FortiGate-VM that are specific to the Hyper-V environment. If it's VMware, there should be at least a guideline on how to harden the firewall."
"The costs could be lowered."
"The five-factor authentication needs improvement."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"The scalability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Doesn't provide antivirus for individual computers."
"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."
"The technical support only communicates via email. I would prefer to communicate directly with someone."
"We had some problems with the configuration. They had provided a CloudFormation template, and we had to go several rounds to make it work."
"The lack of import/export functions for network and service options drives me mad."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and H3C SecPath Firewalls, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Sophos UTM report.
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