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."It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The solution is very secure, and its technical support is on point."
"The most valuable feature is the WAN optimization."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the UTM, which gives them an advantage over other firewalls."
"The EPM bundle is a good feature."
"The user interface is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The configuration, graphical interface and command line are easy to use."
"The ease of access and user-friendly setup is a valuable feature. Fortinet proves to be particularly straightforward to configure, offering simplicity without complexity. Moreover, visibility is easily attainable due to certain factors. Price, implementation, and budget considerations play a role. When it comes to Cisco implementation, the process tends to be more intricate, which many customers find unfavourable for their business needs."
"The most valuable feature is the price. I've been requesting prices all over these years between different solutions like Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point and Sophos has been the cheapest and the best of all of them that I have tried. I have been working with Fortinet, it's a fact that the price is surprisingly better."
"So far, the solution has been problem-free."
"The implementation with the AWS environment was good."
"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's easy to use."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
"Configuration could not be made any easier."
"The stability, overall, is excellent. I haven't had a problem in the last two years."
"Its price could be better."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"It would be better if it could provide you with options before completely blocking anything through the web filter. If you are doing a deep SSL inspection on the site if it says it's expired, it doesn't give you the option to continue at your own risk. I can't say that it's bad, but SSL internally isn't really a requirement. However, its security features can help. Right now, we have people going out and spending on purchasing the SSL certificates for internal sites."
"In the next release, I would like to see integration capability with SIEM tools, such as QRadar, and LogRhythm."
"The product is satisfactory. I haven't identified any features to improve, and based on the number of deployments I've handled with FortiGate-VM, there haven't been any complaints from the customer's side."
"One thing that can be better is added automation. And, on top of that, enhanced security when it comes to the automation itself."
"FortiGate-VM could be improved by making it cloud-based. I'd like it to be a cloud-based management solution instead of just a dedicated management orchestration tool."
"Deployment can be difficult and they could dispense with reliance on FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The solution can improve by adding separate interfaces for proxy and flow-based usage."
"The scalability feature of the solution has certain shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."
"We had some problems with the configuration. They had provided a CloudFormation template, and we had to go several rounds to make it work."
"Sophos UTM sometimes falls short in high-availability environments. They used to launch firmware that didn't work very well in a high-availability environment."
"We would like to have unique viewable IDs for rules and in the packet filter logfile, for easier debugging of old log files."
"In short, the UI and UX are the areas of improvement in Sophos UTM and similar solutions compared to Palo Alto."
"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 solution is not scalable."
"There needs to be some improvement in the IPsec VPN. There is implementation only support. I have version one. I'd be most interested in having IP version two from the protocol."
"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."
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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