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 dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The solution can scale well."
"It makes securing our cloud workload super easy, and we are able to push any sort of policy changes we need pretty quickly"
"All the features that we subscribe to from CloudGuard NGTP are valuable. All the threat prevention and access control features give us the network security that we expect."
"Advanced check prevention is a great feature that provides threat intelligence at speed."
"SSL/TLS traffic inspection features are used for advanced threat prevention against secure SSL traffic."
"The solution is reliable."
"Auto Scaling is one of the features that make me want to choose CloudGuard over actual HW."
"The VPN features in CloudGuard Network Security have been the most valuable for us."
"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 solution is easy to use."
"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 this product is the threat protection."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"The performance has been good overall."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"I would like to see a step-by-step initial installation of the firewall. That would be really helpful. Like in Oracle appliances, when you start it asks you, what's your current IP address? An initial setup should be a step by step and intuitive process. You click on "begin," it asks you some simple questions. You fill in the blanks - your current IP address, what you want to do, you want to set up a site to site VPN, for example, that kind of thing. That would be the smartest thing to have."
"Lacks the ability to integrate with other security solutions."
"CheckPoint CloudGuard could be better at solving cases."
"There is room for improvement regarding the technical support provided."
"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."
"It can be difficult to install properly without prior training"
"The documentation could be much better."
"There is room for improvement in addressing bugs and support issues."
"The solution's pricing could be a problem for some small businesses."
"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."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM has room for improvement in specific rules-based objects and redesign. The solution also needs to improve in adding rules and policies, including renewing and finding policies."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
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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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