We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (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."This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"The interface is very good."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall can be described as the most complete solution."
"I found the upgrades valuable."
"The scalability is very good."
"The setup is easy."
"It is a stable solution compared to other vendors."
"The solution's application control is very powerful."
"There are multiple features I have found to be valuable, such as encryption and integrated security features."
"FortiGate NGF is simple compared to other firewalls. It is easy to use and you don't need any training. Any person with basic firewall knowledge can use it."
"The firewall itself is very strong and provides great security."
"It is easy to manage."
"Sophos integrates seamlessly, and we don't even feel it is running in the background."
"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."
"Sophos UTM provides security for our network here and access through a VPN connection for our remote users. It also offers the flexibility to create different tools for accessibility."
"The management suite is easy and the agent is easy to develop."
"If a computer does get infected the Sophos appliance lets us know via it's Advanced Threat Protection so we can get a much faster response time."
"The most valuable features of the solution are application filtering and web filtering."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"I feel that the reporting needs to 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."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"I see room to explore its integration with Secure Service Automation for a more comprehensive security view."
"There should be better customization in the IPS."
"Being a great product, some changes in the pricing would make it a great choice for even more organizations."
"When considering the policy of the vendors, they do not offer much of a discount policy, making the licensing model an area that needs improvement."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall could be made a little less expensive."
"FortiGate Next Generation Firewall's performance and threat intelligence could be improved."
"One of the weaknesses of the solution is something we noticed, especially after comparing the tool with SD-WAN features, since, unfortunately, in a massive scale size environment, the solution is not good. I"
"The product keeps hanging."
"There is absolutely no support when using AWS. If you buy the on-premise Sophos solution, you get support."
"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."
"I would like them to move from the Classic Load Balancer to the Network Load Balancer. This would make it easier to do certain things with Amazon. They are able to do some enhancements with Network Load Balancer that they are unable to do with Classic Load Balancer."
"I didn't like it much. It suits only small businesses. It isn't scalable and reliable. There is a very critical issue with the power supply."
"Stay away from the wireless models, since you cannot put them in HA. They start to give you some weird issues once you start getting into multiple SSIDs and networks."
"Sophos customer support could use some improvement."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
"Email spam filtering only works if you have an on-prem Exchange server. It doesn't interface with Office 365 like the XG model. That would be one feature that they could improve. They're not going to do it because they're trying to push us all to XG."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 37 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. Sophos UTM report.
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