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."This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"I find Sophos Cyberoam UTM very good. I like the feature of being able to block off Mac IDs that host users. For example, you have a Mac or Windows laptop and you created a hotspot. Other devices like mobiles and tablets e.g. iPads connected to that hotspot. We can block those devices that connected to the hotspot we created, only through Sophos. It's a good feature we didn't find in other UTMs."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"The stability has been excellent."
"The performance is good."
"The VPN is easy and has good logging, monitoring and notifications."
"The firewall feature of Sophos XG has been the most effective for threat prevention."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the user management system."
"In terms of the functionality, I think it's pretty straightforward. It's easy to pick up. It's also user-friendly."
"It is very user friendly and easy to manage from the administrative point of view. It is good, reliable, and easy to implement."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"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."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"The support from the vendor needs to be improved."
"It would be beneficial if the platform provided more flexible support for a variety of devices."
"The only area that requires improvement is scalability."
"The security of Sophos XG could be improved."
"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."
"The VPN is in need of improvement."
"I would like to have remote access to clients using a static IP for a certain period of time."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
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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