We performed a comparison between Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"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."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"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."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
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"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"The support system could be improved."
"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."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"I am not able to see a demo."
"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."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point in Mozambique, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"While the technical support is good, the Indian level technical support could use an upgrade."
"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."
"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 interface needs improvement."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"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 technical support response time could be faster."
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 Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos UTM and SonicWall NSa.
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