Offers considerable protection and employs a very well-structured pricing scheme
What is our primary use case?
Sophos UTM offers considerable protection and employs a very well-structured pricing scheme.
It's a good choice for businesses that need a basic security solution with a good price-performance ratio. However, it's not a good choice for businesses that need a complex security solution. That's why I'm also considering Fortinet, which can provide a more comprehensive security solution.
What is most valuable?
I like the simplicity of Sophos UTM and the web filtering features.
What needs improvement?
The application control is really bad. It needs a lot of enhancements. The traffic shaping and bandwidth control, and application control need a lot of work.
In future releases, Sophos can enhance its quality of service.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for 11 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There are two aspects to consider: software stability and hardware stability. The software is a bit stable, but the hardware needs a lot of improvement. So the software can be rated nine out of ten, but the hardware is only seven out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The software solution is not very scalable. So, it can be improved.
We have about 50 customers right now using this solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy. It took half an hour to deploy.
What about the implementation team?
It is a complex security solution for firewalls. So there are a lot of implementation concerns. It's not like a wireless solution or something like that. So there's no direct answer for this one, especially for security solutions.
For the deployment, maintenance, and management, you need two security engineers. You need security engineers, not just regular engineers.
What was our ROI?
The ROI is extremely high.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost of the license depends on the size of the firewall appliance. There is a huge variety of pricing models.
Sophos UTM has very reasonable pricing.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
It's a good firewall solution for small and medium businesses, but it's not the best choice for businesses with complex security requirements.
I would recommend that businesses carefully consider their requirements before choosing Sophos UTM. If you need advanced application control, you should look for a different firewall solution.
Sophos is a great entry-level into computer security
What do you like best about the product?
I liked the options that were provided, they have an array of products that cover the endpoints or servers even firewalls
What do you dislike about the product?
It wasn't super simple to maneuver or get started.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When I had it, it allowed me to secure the endpoint for my clients who were recently starting a new LLC but need peace of mind that it would work.
Sophos UTM is suitable for SME/education institute.
What do you like best about the product?
Sophos UTM is stable, I can say it included a lot of features inside one appliance such as AV, IPS, QoS, SD-WAN.
What do you dislike about the product?
The user interface is not friendly enough. I hope Sophos can give more visibility for the logs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The reason why I am saying Sophos UTM is good for SMEs is that it's cheaper than markets' firewalls.
Great all around UTM
What do you like best about the product?
Very flexible, you have great control over how your traffic flows.
What do you dislike about the product?
Part of the GUI (Web filter Profiles) can be a bit cumbersome.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Needed many layers of protection but did not have the staff to manage them independently.
Sophos UTM Review
What do you like best about the product?
Network protection
Wireless protection
web protection
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost
No support for earlier versions
Complicated system
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Securing assets in the data centers
Sophos UTM
What do you like best about the product?
Lots of data available to change, lots of things to change and monitor
What do you dislike about the product?
Support hard to reach sometimes, takes time to get back to you
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Firewall and protection
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Get third party support if possible
Sophos UTm review
What do you like best about the product?
Solid security, ease of setup, great looking GUI and customer support is helpful
What do you dislike about the product?
The fact that port forwards have to be done with werid source ports.
Also don't like how network ports can't be bridged and Vlan'd .
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security, endpoint protection. Very easy deployment and central is awesome
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Solid UTM but do your homework. Port forwarding has caveats like source port has to be 1:63365 or something like that.
Very nice entry level / SMB firewall appliance
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of setup and the feature provided with this little appliance is absolutely amazing. I was quite impressed by the feature for price. I like the fact that it runs Linux in the background.
What do you dislike about the product?
Support is not reachable easily and eventually, you get somebody over the phone.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The lack of security in a SMB (a customer of mine) who wanted to have more visibility and enforce some security rules inside the teams
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Sophos UTM is a great entry level firewall who provided access to enterprise features/protections and the entry ticket is low. I really think it worth the investment for SMBs or branch offices.
excellent computer security
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy platform to use, easy to run updates on any operating system and provides security for all applications in use where confidential information is used.
What do you dislike about the product?
No problems with this software. It does its job, and there have been no outstanding complaints in my department (IT) on campus or any other.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Able to ensure security over all computers/laptops at the university I am employed with (Southwestern University). There are no issues with security at this institution, (meaning no viruses or scam-like entities have been encountered) because of our use of Sophos UTM.
Great perimetral solution
What do you like best about the product?
-It offers great possibilities
-Vpn site to site
-Openssl vpn
-Restriction perimeter
-Protect your business network in many areas
-Web filter and email filter
-High redundancy
What do you dislike about the product?
-The configuration is not saved in plain text, making it impossible to configure X configuration lines
-Does not allow the configuration of different ranges in OpenVPN for clients, all clients fall within the same range
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
-Safety in the network
-Perimeter security
-Remote access
-Conexion with other venues
-Routing
-Many other things
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's more stable
