Overview of Sophos
Three simple steps will get you complete security with Sophos UTM: Choose How to Deploy. Hardware, software, virtual or cloud-based appliance. Choose Your License. Choose pre-packaged licenses or license modules individually. Choose Your Add-ons. Extend your protection or take advantage of centralized management and reporting options. It is indeed that the appliance may not be a good choice for us since we only need 100 user license while appliance provides unlimited (meaning more expensive annual cost). BTW, I did a google search of 'astaro price list' and the first search result gives a PDF file with pretty good price, seems cheaper than the reseller Scott listed. Let your peers help you. Read real Sophos UTM reviews from real customers. At IT Central Station you'll find reviews, ratings, comparisons of pricing, performance, features, stability and more. Don't buy the wrong product for your company.
Sophos provides endpoint, antivirus, data, mobile, email, web, and UTM (formerly by Astaro) protection - paired with our award-winning 24x7x365 global support. NETWORK PROTECTION Sophos UTM helps you consolidate your security without compromising its effectiveness. It’s security made simple, protecting your users everywhere while making security easier to deploy and manage. What's Protected: All computers, mobile devices and servers on a network Branch offices and remote users connected with VPN Email and web servers and even Wi-Fi users ENDUSER PROTECTION Our endpoint protection will keep data in and malware out—all within your antivirus budget. And we protect your mobile devices and servers. What's Protected: All computers, mobile devices, and servers on a network. Encryption for devices and file shares. Mobile devices and laptops on the go. SERVER PROTECTION Our antivirus protection delivers more effective, faster protection across your network of physical or virtual servers. What's Protected: Broad platform support for Windows, UNIX and Linux servers. Small memory footprint won’t slow you down. Our antivirus agent has low performance impact, and is optimized for virtualization. HIPS protection for Windows is easy to deploy and manage.
IT Pro Reviews of Sophos
Spiciest Positive ReviewTopics about Sophos
- Cyber Security
SentinelOne would be roughly equivalent to Sophos with Intercept-X, so not cheap. Don't compare it to traditional signature based
- General Networking
The small Sophos UTM device will get you in the ballpark around your price range, with the Fullguard UTM subscription services
- General Networking
My company's standard package is a Sophos XG firewall, HP switches and Aruba WAPs. It's reliable, easily managed and not super
Gets the Job Done but could be better
We purchased two SG430 Sophos UTM appliances in February 2015. They are being run master and slave for redundancy. We are primarily using them for email, endpoint, and web protection. Previously we were using Barracuda for web, a Sophos email appliance for email protection, and a Sophos SAV server for antivirus. The UTM is adequate, but is not as good as the standalone products.
What are the pros?
Sophos Utm License Cost Free
The best part was the cost. With the UTM, we were able to get redundancy and replace three systems (web, email, and antivirus) for about the cost of two standalone systems. Our Barracuda device had failed, and the previous Sophos appliance/servers were due for replacement/renewal.
What are the cons?
Our system administrator has been frustrated with the UTM for antivirus endpoint administration. Previously he was used to the Sophos Enterprise Console on a standalone SAV server. The UTM is very slow in the Endpoint section of the web interface once we got more endpoints added (we have around 500). It is not as granular, or flexible to use, and deployment is done separately from the UTM.
The Barracuda web filter had more flexible/granular options, and was easier to make changes and have changes go into effect. Sometimes changes made on the UTM do not work.
The separate Sophos email appliance had some additional options not present in the UTM. Blacklisting needs more granularity.