We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"It is a very stable solution."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"I wanted to go to a software-defined WAN and in Barracuda they have a specific protocol called TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture). You can create a master policy over the internet and it allows you to do Quality of Services on top of it. That is really helpful for me."
"The product is foolproof. It has done everything that we have needed with the amount of email that we receive, and it handles it quite well."
"Sophos is a unified solution. We have anti-virus protection, firewall rules, knotting, and DACC all in one box."
"The product is extremely intuitive."
"Sophos UTM has improved the porting section. It has improved security by seeing the gaps. For example, when you discover that an entry has been using a certain application, with Sophos UTM acting as a Layer 7 firewall, you can block the application, not the port."
"Sophos integrates seamlessly, and we don't even feel it is running in the background."
"The initial setup has been fine."
"It has allowed us to design a bespoke cloud space for our clients, while still having an excellent level of protection."
"Good basic firewall functions with advanced firewall scanning."
"It helps us with protection, with concurrent use of the VPN."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"There is room for improvement in performance and the support language. The support they're providing right now is from a different country, and in our country, there are people—network admins and IT heads—who don't speak English properly. So Barracuda needs to provide support agents who speak additional languages, such as Bangla."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"The analytics are weak."
"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"Sophos UTM could improve if there was no limitation on users."
"The reporting could improve by providing information on where, or from which device attacks are coming from. We are already given the country where the attack is coming from but more information would be beneficial."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"Needs to improve the certificate management (ex. Let's Encrypt support)."
"Stay away from the wireless models, since you cannot put them in HA. They start to give you some weird issues once you start getting into multiple SSIDs and networks."
"Flexibility in pricing could be improved. It's more rigid in its pricing compared to its competitor: Kaspersky."
"Sophos UTM's firewall is a bit weak, and some of its features lack depth compared to other products like F5."
"Email spam filtering only works if you have an on-prem Exchange server. It doesn't interface with Office 365 like the XG model. That would be one feature that they could improve. They're not going to do it because they're trying to push us all to XG."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and SonicWall NSa, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos UTM report.
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