We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"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."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"The features of the solution which I have found most valuable are its flexibility and agility. It's a fully scalable solution, from our perspective. We can define scaling groups and, based on the load, it will create new instances. It's truly a product which is oriented toward the cloud mindset, cloud agility, and this is a great feature."
"The Capsule solution and application filters are the most valuable. It is pretty straightforward to implement, and it also has good stability and scalability. Their technical support is also really good."
"It is scalable. It's a cloud solution, so it's easy to implement and manage."
"The VPN features in CloudGuard Network Security have been the most valuable for us."
"The most valuable feature is the monitoring. We can easily monitor what kind of stuff comes over to our network and we can then check the dashboard and work accordingly."
"The IPS, application and URL filtering, as well as Identity Awareness, are all very valuable features."
"It really is a pretty complete solution."
"The ease of deployment has been nice. It is like managing any of our on-prem firewalls."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"We are using it as a security shield. It does not allow access before that in case we have restricted a few things from users, so it helps me in that."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"They can improve their security features to the next advanced level so that their efficiency in catching the malware can become 100%, and there is no scope for any data loss or leakage from the system due to any issue."
"While today we can manage some scopes, there are still some segments in the OSI layer we cannot manage."
"It is a very expensive program and there are additional costs despite the standard licensing fees."
"There is a limitation with the version upgrade. We are using version 81.10 and from what I understand, it is problematic to upgrade this version. I do not know if that is true."
"Check Point has a history of moving fast with software release and upgrade cycles which are difficult to keep up with at times."
"The networking system updates, when delayed, can lead to misconfigurations and data loss."
"The SD-WAN could be better."
"We have the product deployed on Azure China. One crucial concern is the version limitation; unfortunately, in Azure China, we are restricted to running version R80. Our architecture has a Load Balancer, VMSS CloudGuard, etc. The duplication in this setup prevents the application from seeing the original client IP. This poses a problem for certain applications that require the original IP for login purposes. Although we managed a workaround with a different architecture involving a WAF, it is not as straightforward as the standard Azure setup."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"When it comes to web filtering and application filtering, it does not contain enough signatures to determine all of the sites that need to be blocked."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The solution could be cheaper."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 5th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 119 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". 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 CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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