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LANCOM R&S Unified Firewalls vs Sophos UTM comparison

 

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LANCOM R&S Unified Firewalls
Ranking in Unified Threat Management (UTM)
16th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
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Sophos UTM
Ranking in Unified Threat Management (UTM)
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
112
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Unified Threat Management (UTM) category, the mindshare of LANCOM R&S Unified Firewalls is 1.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sophos UTM is 18.7%, up from 17.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Samaila Yusuf - PeerSpot reviewer
Network protection strengthens through effective threat management features and secure access control
The zero-day protection and firewall rules are some of the most effective features for threat management. I can set the rules and features, and also use IPsec to connect all my on-premises servers and link them to Sophos UTM so that they are protected even when in the cloud. Additionally, I use it to control access into the building through a captive portal integrated across all the PCs we have, ensuring secure access only for authenticated users.
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it_user216600 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 3, 2016
Sophos UTM vs. Fortinet FortiGate
I have used both Sophos and Fortinet products in production and I have found the Sophos UTM appliances (hardware and virtual) to be a better fit most of the time -- with a few caveats which I will touch on below. In both instances, the transition from TMG will be mostly straightforward. The main…
 

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Computer Software Company
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Government
8%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

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What are the biggest technical differences between Sophos UTM and Fortinet FortiGate?
As a solution, Sophos UTM offers a lot of functionality, it scales well, and the stability and performance are quite good. The most valuable features for me are their web and email filtering. I wou...
What Is The Biggest Difference Between Sophos UTM and Sophos XG?
The Sophos UTM is a UTM and Sophos XG is the NGFW. First, you must know about the difference between a UTM and NGFW. They can not be compared with each other because the price, license, firewall th...
What do you like most about Sophos UTM?
The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the endpoint protection feature.
 

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