We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos Cyberoam 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."The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"There are some hiccups here and there, but compared to the technical support from other vendors, I have had the best experience with Cisco's technical support. I would rate them at nine out of ten."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the integrations and IPS throughput."
"The most valuable feature is IPS. It's a feature that's very interesting for tackling the most current attacks."
"What I found the most valuable about Cisco Secure Firewall is that if a client is educated about the solution, it can help him or her avoid many problems and mistakes."
"Cisco has the best documentation. You can easily find multiple documents by searching the web. Even a child can go online and find the required information."
"The security features are the most valuable. My customers find the security products very useful because nowadays there are many threats from the internet and other malicious users. The security products really help."
"The customer service/technical support is very good with this solution."
"The technical support is excellent. I would rate it as 10 out of 10. When there has been an issue, we have had a good response from them."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"The performance has been good overall."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"The solution is overcomplicated in some senses. Simplifying it would be an improvement."
"When you make any changes, irrespective of whether they are big or small, Firepower takes too much time. It is very time-consuming. Even for small changes, you have to wait for 60 seconds or maybe more, which is not good. Similarly, when you have many IPS rules and policies, it slows down, and there is an impact on its performance."
"It integrates with other security products from Cisco, but sometimes, there can be glitches or errors."
"Cisco ASDM is a problem because it is old."
"I would like to see an IE version of the solution where it is ruggedized."
"We're getting support but there's a big delay until we get a response from their technical team. They're in the USA and we're in Africa, so that's the difficulty. When they're in the office, they respond."
"The solution's deployment is time-consuming, which should be minimized and made more user-friendly for us."
"The only con that I have really seen with it is the reporting structure. FirePOWER is good. It has been a great help because, before that, it was not good at all."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"I have problems with the email filtering. Emails pass through without any filtering affecting them. When I get back to them and tell them this is the issue, they check everything and say it is not in their database signature and they have to update it. But you know, by that time, my user has already opened it."
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"I had an issue when I was trying to stop a user from using too much bandwidth while I was using Azure, I was not able to stop them."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 9th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos XG and OPNsense. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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