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."Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"It is a safe product."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Good load balancing feature."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"The filtering was very good."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"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 most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"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."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"I'm more inclined towards the conventional firewall. So for me, I'm more geared towards the standard firewall type functionalities as well as the web application firewall because that seems to work fine."
"The product is worth the investment."
"The tool is stable."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"We use different workarounds and find different solutions for it, depending on the client's needs. We shouldn't have to, we should just be able to use the product as it comes with Cyberoam, rather than having to revert to other products."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"Maybe network traffic analysis for malware and malicious behavior."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
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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