We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"It is a safe product."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"All of the features are very valuable, but the most valuable features are the sandboxing and the advanced IPS/IDS."
"As with any firewall, IPSEC VPN is the critical functionality. Not every organization has the budget to implement MPLS or SD-WAN, which makes IPSEC the go-to for site-to-site connectivity."
"The most valuable feature is the Stateful Inspection, which was developed by Check Point."
"While not being cheap, their pricing models are competitive."
"The QoS blade is very good for controlling traffic such as Windows patches, mail traffic and other stuff."
"One of the solution's best features include a packet-filtering firewall that examines packets in isolation."
"It provides end-to-end resolution."
"The ease of configuring VPNs can be very useful especially for companies with lots of remote locations."
"What I like about Sophos UTM is that it improves my company's security. The solution is easy to set up, which I like, and it's very stable."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
"With over 150 firewalls in our portal, management and monitoring have never been easier."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is reporting, it is flexible. I can monitor the end user's devices, even when they are not on my network. It has good drill-down capabilities."
"It works well without any maintenance. So far, it has worked pretty well regardless of the traffic."
"With Sophos, we have not had any incidents this year. The security provided has been good. It has proven to be okay for our needs."
"Has great security features and does a good job of protecting the network."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The antivirus feature is a little bit weak and should be improved."
"One area for improvement in Check Point NGFW is the support process."
"Pricing for the gateways is too high as compared to the other vendors."
"The only thing that we've seen is instances where console and administrative interfaces get locked up or freeze, and we have to get the machine rebooted."
"It's too expensive for mid-market companies."
"I really want to see geo-blocking as a feature of NGFW."
"The URL objects take significant time in processing compared to other products like Cisco FTD; it would be better if they could improve it."
"The speed of technical support is very slow and is something that should be improved."
"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."
"We need to speed up the support."
"The initial setup may be difficult for those not familiar with the product."
"Last year, Sophos had some major internal management changes that negatively impacted their support."
"VPN needs IKEv2, but it’s in the roadmap. Also, all new, cool features will only come to the new Sophos XG Firewall."
"Doesn't provide antivirus for individual computers."
"This product could use some improvement with web filtering. It takes a lot of time and effort to set up and maintain."
"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."
Check Point NGFW doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 277 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Sophos UTM report.
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