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At a Glance
Fortinet Firewalls
Fortinet Firewalls
Star Rating
(74)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (46.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Sophos United Threat Management
Sophos United Threat Management
Star Rating
(88)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.4% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Fortinet Firewalls vs Sophos United Threat Management

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Fortinet Firewalls easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Fortinet Firewalls overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Sophos United Threat Management meets the needs of their business better than Fortinet Firewalls.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Fortinet Firewalls is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Fortinet Firewalls over Sophos United Threat Management.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Fortinet Firewalls
No pricing available
Sophos United Threat Management
No pricing available
Free Trial
Fortinet Firewalls
No trial information available
Sophos United Threat Management
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
61
8.5
68
Ease of Use
9.3
10
8.6
68
Ease of Setup
9.4
9
8.5
49
Ease of Admin
9.4
11
8.2
50
Quality of Support
9.3
28
8.1
63
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
29
8.5
48
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
58
7.1
68
Features by Category
Unified Threat Management (UTM)Hide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
Not enough data
8.1
144
Security - Unified Threat Management
Not enough data
8.3
18
Not enough data
7.9
19
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
7.8
18
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.8
18
Administration
Not enough data
8.0
17
Not enough data
7.9
18
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Fortinet Firewalls
Fortinet Firewalls
Sophos United Threat Management
Sophos United Threat Management
Fortinet Firewalls and Sophos United Threat Management share no categories
Unique Categories
Fortinet Firewalls
Fortinet Firewalls is categorized as Firewall Hardware
Sophos United Threat Management
Sophos United Threat Management is categorized as Unified Threat Management (UTM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Fortinet Firewalls
Fortinet Firewalls
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
15.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
46.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
38.5%
Sophos United Threat Management
Sophos United Threat Management
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
22.1%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
58.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
19.5%
Reviewers' Industry
Fortinet Firewalls
Fortinet Firewalls
Telecommunications
21.4%
Manufacturing
14.3%
Marketing and Advertising
7.1%
Information Technology and Services
7.1%
Import and Export
7.1%
Other
42.9%
Sophos United Threat Management
Sophos United Threat Management
Information Technology and Services
24.7%
Computer & Network Security
9.1%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Financial Services
3.9%
Computer Software
3.9%
Other
53.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Fortinet Firewalls
Fortinet Firewalls
Most Helpful Favorable Review
MM
Maria M.
Verified User

Fortinet firewalls stand out as the best in ensuring perimeter security in a corporate network. It has various equipment adapted to the needs of small, large or medium-sized companies. Currently they go for the F series being ultra advanced technology...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Clyde F.
CF
Clyde F.
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Not much I didn't like about the device overall

Sophos United Threat Management
Sophos United Threat Management
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Al W.
AW
Al W.
Verified User in Mining & Metals

Our Sophos SG230 has provided as much bang for the buck as we could get when it comes to protecting and administering our network security. It has all of the baseline firewall functionality in the definitions and rules that are either automatically set up...

Most Helpful Critical Review
MD
Mark D.
Verified User in Banking

Uninstalling from a machine is quite the chore. It is a several step process that is time consuming. Doing this en mass was very difficult when we had issues from our deployment at one point.

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Discussions
Fortinet Firewalls
Fortinet Firewalls Discussions
Is fortinet a good firewall?
2 comments
Arnissa B.
AB
Extremely! After switching from Watchguard to Fortinet, I was able to get a view of what attacks are being blocked and what system on the network needs...Read more
Reach out to me on my email I'd patilnilkanthnp@rediffmail.com , trying to do automate rules implementation
1 comment
AK
If you need help in implementation pls contact me Read more
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Fortinet Firewalls has no more discussions with answers
Sophos United Threat Management
Sophos United Threat Management Discussions
What is a Sophos UTM?
1 comment
BC
Originally the Astaro security gateway. SOophos bought Astro and rename the product UTM or unified threat management. UTM has since been replaced as the go...Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
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