We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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 SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"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 important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are the threat prevention and policy-based routing features."
"The App-ID feature is the coolest feature because you don't need to open a new port. Apps are directly linked to the port. It provides one of the best ways to lock down the additional port switch."
"The trackability is most valuable. When a port is open for a protocol, such as port 443 for HTTPS, it can look inside the traffic and identify or verify the applications that are using the port, which was previously not possible with traditional firewalls."
"The user ID, Wildfire, UI, and management configuration are all great features."
"Good functionality and features."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is pre-sales and post-sales because of the support and relationship building."
"The key aspect of this solution that provides the most value is its next-gen capabilities, which represented a significant change for us."
"Compared to other firewalls from Check Point, Fortinet, and Cisco, for example, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls use the most advanced techniques. They have sandbox integration and others in the orchestrator. Palo Alto's security features are at a higher level than those of the competitors at the moment."
"The solution is stable."
"Technical support is very responsive."
"I like the web filtering options."
"They are all good, but most-used are Network Protection and Web Filtering."
"The cost of the solution is very reasonable."
"Efficient and effective - it's easy to separate rules."
"The solution's sandboxing, application center, and database engine are good."
"The packet filtering's great. You get out what you put into it. It works great as long as you know your security and configure everything adequately. If you just pop one in and it's not configured, then it's basically wide open. It kind of depends on the admin skill, but it's an excellent product."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"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."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"It's not so easy to scale out your security capabilities."
"They could improve their support and pricing and maybe integration. It's a little more expensive that Check Point but the quality is better. Integration with firewall endpoints could be better. Palo Alto does have very good malware or antivirus protection. I think they could improve on that front."
"Currently, they don't have email protection. They can maybe add it in the future. Currently, if you want to do so, you need to go with another solution."
"The SD-WAN product is fairly new. They could probably improve that in terms of customizing it and making the configuration a little bit easier."
"I think automation and machine learning can be improved to make bulk configurations simpler, easier, and faster"
"The solution is very expensive. There are cheaper options on the market."
"Its price can be better. They should also provide some more examples of configurations online."
"When it comes to their support, we have to select every single component that we want to include in a particular bundle. That is a very tedious process. T"
"In short, the UI and UX are the areas of improvement in Sophos UTM and similar solutions compared to Palo Alto."
"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."
"We had some problems with the configuration. They had provided a CloudFormation template, and we had to go several rounds to make it work."
"They could definitely improve on the support, especially in other countries."
"The reporting could be a lot better."
"The integration capabilities could be better."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"The reporting system needs to allow for customizations because many reports do not include details that we expect."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 162 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. Sophos UTM report.
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