Should I stay or should I go now - Smoothwall

[AlanD]

Palo Alto = the Ferrari of the web filter world...including when it comes to pricing! And the last time I looked they (American...) seemed to know nothing about the prevent strategy. Made Smoothwall look really cheap when I took a look. But I would agree its a really nice piece of kit - but well out of our my schools budget allowance unless I stop buying replacement PCs.

[nicholab]

Ok I just about to become a Sophos UTM customer well over the Easter holidays.

[caffrey]

I'm going to review over summer and whether or not it'll fit in our network infrastructure

[Arcolite]

Palo Alto = the Ferrari of the web filter world...including when it comes to pricing! And the last time I looked they (American...) seemed to know nothing about the prevent strategy. Made Smoothwall look really cheap when I took a look. But I would agree its a really nice piece of kit - but well out of our my schools budget allowance unless I stop buying replacement PCs.

 

You're right, Palo Alto, while being a beast of a Firewall, is pricey, although I'd argue it's worth the money. And you're right again, they know very little about Prevent.

Thankfully, we had support from our Vendor who help us put in Prevent-Keyword monitoring - it's quite simple to put in place.

Edited March 17, 2017 by Arcolite