We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall 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."I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The security on offer is very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"Good load balancing feature."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The support is great. They also have very good categorization. It's very good. It captures a lot of threats."
"The blocking, based on the signal provided, is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is very simple, easy to use, and flexible."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"The most valuable feature is controlling the traffic and the logging. They have real-time logins for traffic logs. Troubleshooting was very easy for me."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"Sophos UTM is very user-friendly and has good integration with other solutions."
"Sophos UTM is the simplest of these products to setup."
"Sophos UTM's most valuable features are profiling and its simple configuration."
"It works well without any maintenance. So far, it has worked pretty well regardless of the traffic."
"With over 150 firewalls in our portal, management and monitoring have never been easier."
"The initial configuration is straightforward thanks to the web GUI. In 30 minutes, you can have a running firewall with UTM protection enabled."
"It has helped by identifying threats within the company. If there are computers or servers that are compromised, then we are able to identify them right away in the system."
"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."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"I would like to see more sizing in the next release, and the roadmap should be clear."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"Making this solution easier to use would be an improvement."
"The company should update the URL filtering database. They need to enhance the URL filtering and make it easier to customize."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"Forcepoint would be improved if there were more training available."
"The network interface could be better, and it could be cheaper."
"The logs are not clear, which means that you need an additional piece of software in order to read them clearly."
"The technical support only communicates via email. I would prefer to communicate directly with someone."
"There is still room for improvement in wireless protection. I don't mean their WiFi device is bad, but there are still things to improve on, such as WiFi roaming."
"The pricing is an issue."
"I would like some features that are available in other brands. For example, I sometimes a person is using too much bandwidth, and it isn't easy to find this information in Sophos. Also, we have to switch connections manually when we are using a VPN and lose the MPLS connection. It isn't automatic."
"Sophos customer support could use some improvement."
"The integration capabilities could be better."
"The reporting could improve by providing information on where, or from which device attacks are coming from. We are already given the country where the attack is coming from but more information would be beneficial."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 41 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Sophos UTM report.
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