We performed a comparison between OPNsense 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 valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"It helped to connect our satellite offices to the main Amazon infrastructure in a circular way."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the endpoint protection feature."
"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."
"It makes it a lot easier for us to maintain things. Prior to it, things were more difficult. This means less time on us. We can focus on other things. The recovery is more in man-hours for us than anything else."
"The three most important features for us are web protection, web server protection, and network protection."
"The firewall itself is very strong and provides great security."
"It is easy to manage."
"The initial configuration is straightforward thanks to the web GUI. In 30 minutes, you can have a running firewall with UTM protection enabled."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"The reporting part could be better."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"There should be more technical documentation."
"The five-factor authentication needs improvement."
"The reporting system needs to allow for customizations because many reports do not include details that we expect."
"Needs to improve the certificate management (ex. Let's Encrypt support)."
"The documentation during the AWS integration was a little fuzzy on getting it to work with how the whole public exposure versus private exposure, then routing some of the traffic."
"The technical support only communicates via email. I would prefer to communicate directly with someone."
"Sophos UTM could improve if there was no limitation on users."
"Sophos UTM could improve the way the configuration has to be done. I have to do the configuration through the command line interface but if it could be done through the graphical user interface it would be much better."
"It needs a better user interface. The one they have is not so good."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, IPFire and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall and WatchGuard Firebox. See our OPNsense vs. Sophos UTM report.
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