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."The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"Centralized monitoring, policy management, and virtualized appliances allow us to take control over our public and private infrastructure."
"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."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"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."
"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."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"The solution is very robust."
"The filtering was very good."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"The port forwarding is good."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"It is very easy to use."
"The product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"Good user interface."
"The UI could be improved."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"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."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"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."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"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."
"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."
"The interface needs improvement."
"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 solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"The solution had a feature to import users from a CSV file. However, the latest version does not have that option."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
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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