We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The most valuable feature for us was to implement negligent functionality, to direct functionality to viewer control and application control so we could disconnect, and at the same time, we installed checkpoints. We disconnected our proxy."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The solution is very robust."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The filtering was very good."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"There are plenty of features that are valuable in the Sophos Cyberoam UTM. We use all the features, such as email Security, firewall rules, web server security, web devices, web protection."
"The dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"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."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"What has been the issue of firewalls is they ask me for policies and content filtering application control and all these features that are now part of Harmony."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"Specifically on the user experience, sometimes the set up of things, such as the VPN SSL, takes a lot of time to load and a lot of time to get up and running on every session."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"The interface needs improvement."
"Technical support was very bad because the supplier who sold it to us, wasn't very supportive, and he wouldn't giving us direct links to the OEM."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"It isn't missing anything."
"Sometimes, during part of the configuration, if you don't have a lot of technical knowledge, then you may struggle a bit to configure it."
Earn 20 points
Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 19 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is rated 8.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] writes "Great firewalls, VPN, and Intrusion prevention capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG.
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