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."Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"We use the FortiGate Sandbox to detect zero-day vulnerabilities, such as anomalies or malware, that are unknown and have not yet been discovered."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"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."
"One top feature is the ability to use the appliance as a WLAN controller for up to 10 access points with the new 5.6 firmware."
"The setup is simple."
"The interface is decent."
"Initial setup was quite straightforward, as we can simply head to the required sections to apply the planned network."
"There is an interesting possibility of building a tunnel to a firewall from access points. We use this feature for small branch offices with one to two employees with access to central RDP servers."
"The solution's initial setup process was very easy."
"Use of this product does not require daily interactions."
"I really like that it's internationally deployable."
"The most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"Scaling out cannot be easier, as there are many migration paths."
"The features that I've known to be most valuable are both the web security features as well as the web firewall capabilities. As a partner of Sophos firewall, we have some clients and they are using Sophos firewall UTM and we are using it as well."
"UTM 9 brings along IPSec as well as iPhone and iPad support. This seems small but it’s useful."
"It is easy to manage."
"Advanced protection (Sophos Sandstorm) - Protects against crypto viruses in real-time."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"The three most important features for us are web protection, web server protection, and network protection."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Lacks training for new features."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"There are certain GUI features that should be present but are not."
"Fortinet FortiGate-VM should improve its asset identification, wherein the device can identify assets on the network, like computers."
"The scalability feature of the solution has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"In the next release, we would like to see full integration with VMware NSX virtualized networks."
"The one thing that could be improved is the integration with the exchange. The gateway level controls can be enhanced a bit more. For example, it's still little here and there. You do get malicious attacks and suspicious emails like spam. It's not like Sophos where we got a lot of spam email, and yet, it's still relatively vulnerable. It can be upgraded, maybe with a fifth-generation firmware that it is ready for unknown threats."
"There were challenges during setup, and many of them were self-inflicted."
"his is not a good solution for enterprises. It's better for smaller companies."
"There should be integration with an active directory — with Microsoft."
"The application control is really bad. It needs a lot of enhancements. The traffic shaping and bandwidth control, and application control need a lot of work."
"Stay away from the wireless models, since you cannot put them in HA. They start to give you some weird issues once you start getting into multiple SSIDs and networks."
"Sophos should improve its ability to check something like bandwidth consumption for users or something more real-time."
"The initial setup was straightforward. The full deployment takes approximately two days which could be simplified to reduce the time. The major part of the process is the configuration and the policy setup."
"Initially, there were issues with the wireless network as wireless access points were disappearing from the dashboard after some time."
"Flexibility in pricing could be improved. It's more rigid in its pricing compared to its competitor: Kaspersky."
"It is a pretty straightforward setup, but it should be some sort of documentation that takes you step-by-step to help set it up for your VPC."
"Reporting: We have had to work manually in many of our reports."
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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