We performed a comparison between Sophos Cyberoam UTM and Sophos XG 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."I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"Good load balancing feature."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"The performance has been good overall."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"Reporting is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is stable. I've had very few problems with it."
"What I have found most valuable with the Sophos XG is it's a key component of the Intercept X EDR environment. You have to have it to receive the full benefit. If you've you are using Sophos SG firewalls, they're great firewalls and in many ways, I prefer them to the Sophos XG. Since I have set them up, programmed them, and manipulate firewall rules, et cetera, the Sophos SG's a better interface. However, the Sophos XG's very powerful. I prefer it over other solutions I have used, such as Cisco Meraki and SupportNet, I don't like them. They're not very friendly to people who have to set them up and implement them."
"Sophos XG is very useful, it does many things."
"Sophos is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the flexibility of it, it's pretty versatile."
"The updates are helpful and add to the solution in a positive way."
"Sophos is a stable solution, and we haven't had any bugs or limitations."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"Lacks training for new features."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"Technical support could be faster."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"The solution could improve by having better security."
"It would be better if they made their own hardware like Palo Alto and Fortinet. They use their own ASICs and claim it is more secure."
"It would be great if the user can have a portal to check on activities related to their account."
"Their technical support needs improvement. I've been on hold with them for hours waiting for their support."
"I would like to see the performance improved."
"I'd like to see better reporting. While the logs are great, the reports are not."
"In the product, the area revolving around SD-WAN has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"SD-WAN would benefit from further improvement, particularly in terms of incorporating optimization techniques that are not typically found in traditional firewalls. Nowadays, WAN optimization features are being integrated into many firewalls, and implementing similar capabilities in SD-WAN would enhance its performance and functionality."
Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and OPNsense, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Sophos Cyberoam UTM vs. Sophos XG report.
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