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."It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The solution is very robust."
"The filtering was very good."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"The databases and its signatures are its most important features."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"We can create a domain to separate and segregate some functions, some services."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"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."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"Backup can be improved."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"Application management can be improved."
"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."
"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."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"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 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."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"The implementation policy needs improvment."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
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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