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 security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"The solution is scalable."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"The security on offer is very good."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"It makes securing our cloud workload super easy, and we are able to push any sort of policy changes we need pretty quickly"
"Auto-scaling and zero touch are valuable features."
"The solution's most valuable feature is scalability. We can increase the number of CPUs, memory, and firewall throughput easily. Using CloudGuard Network Security for managing cloud firewall rules is considered easier than using the normal security groups provided by Azure or AWS."
"The query feature is going to be a game-changer for us as we move forward."
"Workflows across the company ecosystem have can flow smoothly without experiencing any challenges."
"We find all the features valuable, particularly the firewall, application control, URL filtering, and HTTPS detection."
"The solution provides a centralized management console for easy administration and monitoring of security policies and events, making it easy for the security team."
"The most valuable feature for us is the scale set, which allows us to scale horizontally, vertically and dynamically depending on the traffic load."
"Good user interface."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"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 dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"The support system could be improved."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"The solution is not that flexible when deploying on-prem."
"Check Point could show us use cases that would help us in Czech and could help us with security threats in our specific country."
"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."
"Sometimes, if you aren't familiar with the solution, it can be a bit complex, but it does become easier to use with time. However, every time they launch a new version, it becomes more complex and you need to take time to get familiar with all the changes. For every version that they upgrade, you need to upskill yourself."
"The initial setup is complex and could be made simpler."
"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."
"Having a web UI in the VSX (or something similar) would be nice."
"Our biggest complaint concerns the high resource usage for IDP/IPS, as we cannot turn on all of the features even with new hardware."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"Sometimes, during part of the configuration, if you don't have a lot of technical knowledge, then you may struggle a bit to configure it."
"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."
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 5th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 117 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 Untangle NG Firewall. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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