Sophos UTM Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8.8 out of 10

Score

8.8 out of 10

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Sophos UTM are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Straightforward Firewall Setup: Users have found the firewall setup of Sophos to be common-sense and straightforward, making it easy to configure. Several reviewers have mentioned this as a positive aspect of the product.

Multi-Site VPN Configuration: Many users appreciate the multi-site VPN tunnel configuration offered by Sophos, which allows them to easily network all their sites together. This feature has been praised for its simplicity and effectiveness in connecting multiple locations.

Ease of Incorporating Other Products: Users have acknowledged that incorporating other Sophos products into their network infrastructure is seamless and hassle-free. The ease of integration with other Sophos solutions has been commended by several reviewers.

Reviews

11 Reviews

Why we love Sophos UTM

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

January 14, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are an MSSP and our favorite when it comes to perimeter protection has to be Sophos UTM. Whats makes them ideal is the fact that they can fit into any size client with and budget. As the units themselves are scalable as well as the license bundle you purchase to enable different features. And when it comes to UTM, then Sophos UTM covers every area.

Pros

With TLS 1.3 and Deep Packet Inspection. You can rest assured that all network and web traffic gets scanned, analyzed and blocked if needed.
The Intuitive User Interface makes administration a breeze
Sophos Sandstorm on device means your well protected against Zero day threats and Ransomware.
Add all the above to a easy to administer Central Console for MSSP's to manage multiple Companies with Multiple UTM devices

Cons

Honestly can't think of any where left to improve

Likelihood to Recommend

<div>It fits our business model being a MSSP. We can quickly and easily deploy config templates, licenses from the Sophos Central Console.</div><div>Pull reports and investigates policy violation all from one Console.

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Stephan van der Merwe

Cyber Security Analyst in Information Technology at SSMT IT Security (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

8 years of experience

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Quick Review of Sophos

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 13, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sophos is being used across our whole organization. It is installed on every computer and server in our environment. It helps to address our cybersecurity and data leakage risk.

Pros

Tamper protection
USB device blocking
Virus/malware blocking

Cons

Ease of use
Better knowledge based articles
Better administration UI

Likelihood to Recommend

Sophos is a very powerful anti-virus program that can be used in small and big businesses. Sophos has multiple features that can be customized to fit IT and business needs. Sophos would be less appropriate for IT personnel that do not have the time or knowledge of implementing the problem. The setup of its policies can be very complex.

Nate Binkley

Network System Administrator in Information Technology at Land of Lincoln Credit Union (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Sophos UTM Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 1, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is being used by our clients for secure VPN access while working from home. It solved the basic access problem during the pandemic, but also provides a user friendly gui.

Pros

It provides a user friendly interface
It's easily configured from the web portal
Sophos Support is available for support

Cons

Navigating the portal can be tricky depending on what needs to be done
It would be helpful if the SSLVPN client agent had more logging capabilities

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for today's work from home scenario, well priced and can be configured in a day. It isn't compatible with their cloud platform so it might not be suited for a multi site environment.

Michael Cattano

Sr. Systems Engineer in Information Technology at Amoeba Networks (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Secure, feature rich and easy to use.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

December 9, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sophos UTM is being used as our primary Firewall at all of our offices. We also have it set up with an Encrypted site to site VPN tunnel between each office. It is allowing our remote office to use the local applications at our main office. Non-office remote workers connect using the VPN client on the desktops. Sophos UTM filters all web, FTP email, etc. entering our build. It allows us to set up group-based policies, integrates well will AD, and provides a level of security we didn't have before. We chose Sophos UTM as we wanted a product that combined well we Sophos Central.

Pros

Sophos Central Integration.
Easy to manage.
Frequent updates.
Secure.

Cons

Customer Support wait times.
AD group integration has problems.
VPN Failover groups can cause issues reconnecting VPN.

Likelihood to Recommend

Sophos UTM has products suited for businesses of many sizes. We have around 90 users and 4 Offices. The site to site connection is excellent. It allows users to use local apps and databases at our head office. The site to site was a breeze to set up as well. For anyone looking for a secure UTM that offers site to site tunnels, this product is excellent.

Verified User

Supervisor in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Sophos UTM: Still Solid After all these Years

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 20, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I was first introduced to Sophos UTM when I changed jobs and the firm I went to had a Sophos UTM firewall. With all that I had to learn about the firm's infrastructure, I was happy to discover how common sense and simple the UTM interface was. Since then I've deployed Sophos UTMs at several of our other office locations. Sophos UTM makes creating VPN tunnels straightforward and adding additional other network components like wireless access points almost effortless in comparison to some other enterprise-grade WAP configurations.

Pros

Common-Sense firewall setup
Straight-forward multi-site VPN tunnel configuration
Incorporate other Sophos products into your network infrastructure easily

Cons

Isn't compatible with Sophos cloud offerings
Sophos says they aren't phasing UTM out, but with UTM not being supported in their cloud offerings, their days seem numbered
Support time could be a little faster

Likelihood to Recommend

UTM works great if you want a solid, obvious firewall. There's not a lot of second-guessing as to what you are about to do with every change you make. If you incorporate their wireless access points and RED (remote ethernet device) for remote users or small offices, it's considerably much easier to set up than other comparable solutions. If you are looking to manage your firewalls via the cloud, you are out of luck.

Paul Cheng

IT Manager in Information Technology at Handel Architects (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Your Search for Great Firewall Protection is over.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

May 17, 2019

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use Sophos SG 220s running in an HA environment at all of our locations. Our entire IT department is responsible for the monitoring and upkeep of the UTMs. We use it as a primary firewall and as a site-to-site VPN for seamless integration. On top of all the UTMs, we also have a central management SUM that we use to deploy updates, changes, and rules to each site.

Pros

Firewall Protection. The protection is unmatched, setup it a little daunting, but once set up it pretty much runs itself.
Site-to-site VPN. Super easy to deploy so we are able to network all our sites together.
The DHCP server function is actually really nice, I prefer using it over the traditional way of using a DC for DHCP.

Cons

The UI is a bit dated albeit, it is very functional and everything is right at my fingertips.
Better documentation. This hardware and software solution is amazing, but as I said previously, it can be a little daunting to set up.

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for businesses that need an All In One solution for multiple sites as well as network protection. There are many features that we do not use as a company even though we still use a good bit of them.

Matt James

Systems Administrator | POS Programming Specialist in Information Technology at AIKG LLC (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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Sophos UTM is a perfect fit

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 8, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We implemented Sophos UTM across our entire organization over 5 sites and to our entire remote salesforce. I feel Sophos has provided us the protection and security that an organization needs in this era of threats and attacks.

I am happy to report that we have had no breaches or incidents since its implementation.

Pros

Sophos was very easy to deploy.
The management console keeps us up to date with all the happens of the product.

Cons

We have yet to be able to implement the mobile device management - I'm not sure if that's because it is difficult, or just a daunting task.

Likelihood to Recommend

For a business our size, the pricing, functionality and feature set were just right. We have about 400 users and the deployment tools in Sophos UTM are just right to help us remove our old antivirus (AV) software and deploy all the new tools of this platform. My team had no complaints.

Jon Shurtliff

IT Director in Information Technology at 3form Inc (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Sophos UTM - Almost unbeatable

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

June 15, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sophos was used as our primary firewall and unified threat management. We had two Sophos units installed for fail over purposes.

Pros

Anti-spam is better than most standalone products and has a very low false positive rating
Firewall rules are easy to set up and configure with a nice user-friendly interface
Free VPN capabilities which does no require a subscription unlike most other firewalls

Cons

Support is great but sometimes slow but other than that the product is the best in the market

Likelihood to Recommend

Small to large businesses - Sophos UTM will have you covered. It has every feature you need. During an ISO 27001 audit, the auditor was very pleased to know we were using Sophos UTM.

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Sophos UTM the firewall for Network Engineers

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 26, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Sophos UTM to provide a common manageable firewall infrastructure across over a dozen sites across the globe. It allowed us to protect the sites with URL filtering and anti-virus protection and create a global VPN for a competitive cost. The interface was easy to learn for our engineers and the central management tools helped me monitor the entire estate.

Pros

IPSEC VPNs are very easy to set up and I managed to get them to work with several different manufacturers on the other end.
The user interface is reasonably clear and easy to search complex configurations.
High availability is very easy to set up.

Cons

When they were Astaro the customer service left a lot to be desired and the hardware could have some quality control problems. Support got much better when Sophos took over.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is easy to set up, and easy to learn, especially as you can get a free home license to use and play with. I use the virtual appliance at the moment and it just works.

Karim Kronfli

Head of IT in Information Technology at M-Netics (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

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Sophos UTM in a glance

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 17, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Sophos UTM and Sophos XG Appliances, deliver great security along with affordable pricing for every company. Sophos is great as a visionary company, keeping up with IT Managers' requests for features within their products (specially Sophos SG Appliances and XG NGFWs). Their hardware addresses a constant situation where many competitors fail; they are scalable, and tough (SSDs Hard Drives, and Intel latest generation processors is about it). Recently I found out an opportunity for us, as a company, to deliver something that many competitors fail at, HIGH AVAILABILITY with just 1 license. While other vendors, try to squeeze the companies for every penny, Sophos address that issue, and is honest about it: They deliver High Availability in Active/Passive mode, with two identical hardware options, with just one license (with their main competitor, you MUST buy two licenses, which makes the solution more expensive). Sophos is honest, with their products and technology.

Pros

Scalability, if you needed HA in Active/Passive Mode, but need more throughput during certain periods when the parameters change (i.e. number of users, or Internet bandwidth growth) you can always license the second one and it will behave as a Cluster in Active/Active mode in just 2 minutes, with no downtime.
Delivers great WebGUI management, which is easily understandable by every IT Professional
Worldwide RMA, gosh! If you have any kind of issue with your hardware, Sophos will deliver it to your business door, at no cost, with a return label for you to ship the damaged or faulty device back. No questions asked.
Constant visionary technology, with out of this world new features.

Cons

Better standard support, it used to be great, now, not so much (for paying customers, that only aquired the Hardware)
Better wireless solution, there is always room for that, now that everybody needs robust wifi, even at home!
Faster and more robust wireless Access Points, or different vendor-like compatibility.

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited, for people who are smart and practical about net security. Less appropriate where IT management, needs a fast wireless solution to be managed by the UTM. Sophos lacks of good Wireless AP's, and now that Sophos is in that field, they should address this weakness right away. Bottom line: Sophos is great in every scenario, except robust and fast wifi.

Juan Carlos Sanchez Pignalosa

CEO And Founder in Information Technology at Advisor Consulting Group Corp (1-10 employees)

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Reseller

8 years of experience

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Sophos UTM in a glance

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 17, 2017

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

Scalability, if you needed HA in Active/Passive Mode, but need more throughput during certain periods when the parameters change (i.e. number of users, or Internet bandwidth growth) you can always license the second one and it will behave as a Cluster in Active/Active mode in just 2 minutes, with no downtime.
Delivers great WebGUI management, which is easily understandable by every IT Professional
Worldwide RMA, gosh! If you have any kind of issue with your hardware, Sophos will deliver it to your business door, at no cost, with a return label for you to ship the damaged or faulty device back. No questions asked.
Constant visionary technology, with out of this world new features.

Cons

Better standard support, it used to be great, now, not so much (for paying customers, that only aquired the Hardware)
Better wireless solution, there is always room for that, now that everybody needs robust wifi, even at home!
Faster and more robust wireless Access Points, or different vendor-like compatibility.

Likelihood to Recommend

Juan Carlos Sanchez Pignalosa

CEO And Founder in Information Technology at Advisor Consulting Group Corp (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

8 years of experience

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