We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
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"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"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 security on offer is very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"The filtering was very good."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"The solution is very robust."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"The tool is stable."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"The product is worth the investment."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"Good user interface."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"The support system could be improved."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"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."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"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."
"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."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
"Technical support 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."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
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 Untangle NG Firewall.
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