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 flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"Check Point CloudGuard is quick to deploy and easy for the customer to use."
"Workflows across the company ecosystem have can flow smoothly without experiencing any challenges."
"When browsing, it scans sites to ensure that they are safe and that no harm can be caused."
"As per the solution's blade design, there are many options. For example, you have to buy a UTM blade and an advanced malware blade, etc. If the blade license is there, we can configure from the firewall GUI."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is the increased mail protection including spam."
"The tool's most valuable features are IPS and blades. These features are valuable for security."
"SSL/TLS traffic inspection features are used for advanced threat prevention against secure SSL traffic."
"It makes securing our cloud workload super easy, and we are able to push any sort of policy changes we need pretty quickly"
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"Technical support is excellent."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"In terms of features and user-friendliness, the solution is good. It’s very stable. The solution is scalable. In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. It has helped us manage the bandwidth."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"In the past year, I noticed that the challenging part, especially in the cloud, is upgrading to the next release of the firewall. Unlike on-premise upgrades, it's not as simple in the cloud. You need to recreate the machine, which makes the process more complex."
"We utilize logging systems, and geolocation is crucial for us as some applications must only be accessible from our country. However, there have been occasional issues with this feature."
"Its architecture and user interface need improvement. The user experience for this solution also needs to be improved, particularly in implementation, management, and operations."
"A threat categorization system can be added to give users the authority to define vulnerable attacks and classify areas that can threaten the workflow system."
"The initial setup is difficult. It took me three tries to get it right. The setup took two or three hours."
"The migration to TerraForm is a little more complicated, but we made it work."
"The solution's integration with cloud providers has seen significant development in the past months, but there is room for improvement for better integration."
"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."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"I would say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
"Technical support could be faster."
"Once in a while, an unwanted email will slip in. You have to set your parameters to avoid that happening, but once in a while, an email has slipped past firewall. Once you update the firmware, you notice that it doesn't happen. If an email slips in, I get a little bit worried. I do get the report, but you just don't want that situation happening in the first place."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"What needs improvement in Sophos Cyberoam UTM is openness in the competition among Sophos partners or any other Sophos product. Another area for improvement in the solution is pricing. It 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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