We performed a comparison between SonicWall TZ 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."Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"The solution is stable."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"We like the central interface and we like the security features. Additionally, we use SonicWall with VPN connectivity and we have had no problems with SonicWall all these years."
"SonicWall TZ is a stable product."
"The performance has been very good. Overall, the solution is quite stable."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"Good site categorization and application controls."
"It does exactly what it says on the tin. It is good for protecting the business from being compromised. Its port protection is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the protection available, and then ease of use and flexibility."
"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"Sophos UTM is the simplest of these products to setup."
"Sophos UTM provides security for our network here and access through a VPN connection for our remote users. It also offers the flexibility to create different tools for accessibility."
"It now controls all the security aspects of our web servers with Sophos UTM WAF."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to administer."
"It is a very good product. The threat monitoring process is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is easy to handle and configure."
"It's easy to use."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Its price could be better."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"We would like to improve the rules configuration in SonicWall TZ. Sometimes the rules don't work."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"The technology in this particular version is very old."
"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
"User interface could be improved."
"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
"The products' reporting can be improved."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"Sophos UTM's firewall is a bit weak, and some of its features lack depth compared to other products like F5."
"It does have built-in policies, which enable you to disable USB devices, etc. It would be nice if they had more policies because there are not that many of them."
"The support could be better."
"The virus updates will always depend on new viruses that are discovered. Maybe they can send a notification or a reminder for update time."
"When we call support, we get put on hold for a long time."
"Sophos UTM's internet security could be better."
"We need to speed up the support."
SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our SonicWall TZ vs. Sophos UTM report.
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