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."It is quite easy to handle."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"It is a safe product."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"It's very easy to configure."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The feature most valuable to me is the NDTX blade that Check Point provides, and I like how the solution is not vulnerable."
"CloudGuard's intelligent tools help us automate many manual security tasks, guaranteeing our customers' environments will be secure."
"The ease of administration with the cloud management extension and the cloud licensing model is valuable."
"Some retail customers find the scale-up and scale-down features valuable, particularly with scale sets. This is useful for handling increased loads on devices and utilizing firewalls, similar to on-premises setups with active standby configurations."
"The ease of deployment has been nice. It is like managing any of our on-prem firewalls."
"Check Point has pretty simple solutions, like the virtual appliance which you just download and it is imported into VMware and you just start using it."
"Identity awareness, URL filtering, IDS, DLP, Content Filtering, VPN, and Application Control are all excellent."
"The 24/7 online customer support services enhance effective operations and provide quick services in case of a system failure."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"It is very easy to use."
"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."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"The tool is stable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The user experience might suffer if we don't have the time to follow up with our clients and ensure they are using the right options. Clients also want more local support in Portuguese and Spanish during their normal business hours. That's something I hear from my customers and my team, too."
"The solution’s technical support, DNS security and training could be improved."
"Our biggest complaint concerns the high resource usage for IDP/IPS, as we cannot turn on all of the features even with new hardware."
"It is somewhat problematic in the area of the cloud."
"I want the upgrades of their CloudGuard solution to major versions to be easier. We have had a few small hiccups. They have different types of cloud clusters called Geo Clusters, and those just cannot be upgraded past a certain point, which is a hurdle that we are currently experiencing."
"The threat scanning system should categorize the level of threats to enhance reliable data interpretation."
"The solution's integration with cloud providers has seen significant development in the past months, but there is room for improvement for better integration."
"Check Point has a history of moving fast with software release and upgrade cycles which are difficult to keep up with at times."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"The reporting part could be more user-friendly for troubleshooting and identifying network issues. It should be more easy for a normal user to identify the problem in their network."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"It is not a scalable product. This is because if you want to increase the capacity of the solution, then you have to change the device."
"The solution could be cheaper."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 5th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 112 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, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, 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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