Sophos UTM Reviews

RED remote Ethernet Device layer 2 site-to-site tunnel.

RED is a layer 2 tunnel based on SSL protocol that you can establish tunnel, with or without static public IP form provider and this is a feature you will not see among another vendor.

I have done hundreds of setups of this solution.

Sophos is number two on the market, and from my experience, even if there are some drawbacks, they have workaround solutions in the product. Every day, Sophos makes developments in the firmware that are free if you have a valid license.

I've used this solution for five years.

No.

No, correct sizing will fit.

Fast response time. Easy management, good support.

Pricing is competitive.

• Firewall
• Intrusion Prevention
• Web Filtering
• SMTP Proxy
• Red (VPN Appliance Box for remote sites)

The product has provided us with unified threat management as well as comprehensive list of reports.

Their new product range which is the new SG Series UTMs, especially the wireless versions, should at least include two radios for 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz bands. Currently we can only run one or the other, but not both.

I've used it for around 18 months.

No at this stage.

Only thing we have noticed as of late was that their firmware updates break something else that was working in a previous version. Only noticing this on some customers though not all customers.

They're great.

I’ve used other products like NetboxBlue, SonicWALL in my previous roles. We chose the Sophos UTM because of pricing, rich feature set and the fact that it can be either a Virtual App or Hardware Appliance.

The initial setup was very straightforward. It was done through a wizard and there not much needed doing while setting up the UTM.

We are a reseller so we use the same product that we sell to our customers. That’s how much we love the product.

It is used as an antivirus.

• Ease of deployment
• Licensing
• The dashboards are good.

They could reduce the price.

The stability is good.

The scalability is good for us. We are only a company of about 400, so it is perfect.

I have not used the technical support.

The implementation with the AWS environment was good. 

We haven't had any issues with deployment.

The pricing and licensing are both good and better than Sophos's competitors. This is why we went with the product.

We looked at Symantec, but liked Sophos's licensing better.

Consider the product, as it seems to be one of the top four.

We use the both the AWS and on-premise versions. They are both good and about the same.

It is a very good product. The threat monitoring process is the most valuable feature. 

Sophos is good for endpoint security but Trend Micro is better than Sophos. APEX is better than Sophos because it has a friendly, usable dashboard, and the implementation is very easy.

Sophos should be more user-friendly, have more dashboards, and an easier implementation.

It is the cheapest product available. It's good if you have a low budget. 

I would rate Sophos UTM a ten out of ten. 

We use Sophos UTM as our main firewall with all its features included. Mainly, it controls all of our network perimeter security: firewall, IDS/IPS, and web application firewall (including VoIP).

Web application firewall (WAF): We removed our old internal reverse proxy, and it now controls all the security aspects of our web servers with Sophos UTM WAF.

• Ease of use
• Rapid deployment with great logging and analysis features

Reporting: We have had to work manually in many of our reports.

It helps us with protection, with concurrent use of the VPN.

This solution improved our firewall capability. We installed an identity process, and this is extremely helpful.

The security is the most important, and without security, we cannot use our network on a weekly basis.

During initial configuration, I encountered a few issues.

The stability is very good.

The initial setup of this solution was easy. It was not complex. 

When considering a product, I think support from the solution is very important.

We did not have experience with a firewall prior to installing this solution.