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."It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The technical support is great."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"What I like best about OPNsense is that, as a firewall, it's pretty good. I'm quite impressed with it. I had an excellent experience with OPNsense, which helped me achieve the targets I wanted."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"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."
"Sophos has a single pane of glass which allows me to manage all my VPCs from a single instance, managing all my firewall from one place."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the efficiency and mail filtering module."
"It allows our developers to be able to securely log into servers to deploy and manage software."
"It helped to connect our satellite offices to the main Amazon infrastructure in a circular way."
"It has allowed us to design a bespoke cloud space for our clients, while still having an excellent level of protection."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"It is not an easy task to protect your web servers from the big bad internet. The Web Server Protection in this solution does it elegantly and, if configured correctly, even hides the server's base system from prying eyes."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"The solution could be more secure."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"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."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"It needs a better user interface. The one they have is not so good."
"The solution needs better integration with captive portals and XGs."
"They could reduce the price."
"In Sophos UTM there is always a problem with the routing tables. If you want to see the routing table, you have to use the UI. You can't do it via a web browser. The routing table is better in Fortinet."
"An area for improvement in Sophos UTM is load balancing because my company cannot use it currently. If Sophos could release a new configuration for the load balancing feature to work for my company, that would be great."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"They could definitely improve on the support, especially in other countries."
"The five-factor authentication needs improvement."
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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