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."I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"The solution is easier to manage than an on-premise firewall. It is easy to manage. The use of dynamic objects for these gateways made it easy to create the right rules and the right policies. Integration with Azure is also easy where we have to just add the subnets. In an on-premise setup, we have to add everything from scratch. We can automate a lot of actions."
"The notifications, the visibility, and the deployment are the most valuable. It could be packaged in such a way that it took a lot of time and resources off our hands, so it was more efficient."
"The tool's most valuable features are firewalls and IPS."
"The most valuable feature for us is the simplicity of creating this environment. Even though our current cloud usage is limited, the process of setting up machines in the product and establishing an HR system was straightforward."
"Check Point CloudGuard technical support is good."
"The solution could improve to have a DLP feature."
"The query feature is going to be a game-changer for us as we move forward."
"I like the firewall and the virtual machine. I also like that it's compatible with Amazon Web Services and Azure."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"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."
"It is very easy to use."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"FortiLink is the interface on the firewall that allows you to extend switch management across all of your switches in the network. The problem with it is that you can't use multiple interfaces unless you set them up in a lag. Only then you can run them. So, it forces you to use a core type of switch to propagate that management out to the rest of the switches, and then it is running the case at 200. It leaves you with 18 ports on the firewall because it is also a layer-three router that could also be used as a switch, but as soon as you do that, you can't really use them. They could do a little bit more clean up in the way the stacking interface works. Some use cases and the documentation on the FortiLink checking interface are a little outdated. I can find stuff on version 5 or more, but it is hard to find information on some of the newer firmware. The biggest thing I would like to see is some improvement in the switch management feature. I would like to be able to relegate some of the ports, which are on the firewall itself, to act as a switch to take advantage of those ports. Some of these firewalls have clarity ports on them. If I can use those, it would mean that I need to buy two less switches, which saves time. I get why they don't, but I would still like to see it because it would save a little bit of space in the server rack."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The migration to TerraForm is a little more complicated, but we made it work."
"The solution could improve to have a DLP feature."
"They are coming out with more SD-WAN express route support from a firewall perspective. That would be great."
"It can be difficult to install properly without prior training"
"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 solution needs to improve the interruptions that happen during gateway upgrades."
"The price of the solution could be reduced, it is expensive."
"The SD-WAN could be better."
"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."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
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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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