We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The solution is very robust."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"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."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The filtering was very good."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The performance has been good overall."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"They've become quite expensive."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"The interface needs improvement."
"The solution could be improved if there was a better way to report. The reporting functionality is not really good. Even though it's not the major function. Maybe adding a way to make a custom report."
"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."
"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."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM has room for improvement in specific rules-based objects and redesign. The solution also needs to improve in adding rules and policies, including renewing and finding policies."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
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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