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 pricing is great and very reasonable."
"It can expand easily."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The GUI is good."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The security configuration features have enhanced the reliable coordination of programs and data safety."
"The visibility is most valuable. It allows us to see all of our devices from one place, and it gives us the ability to manage push updates and things like that from one place."
"Its centralized control, ease of use, and flexibility are the most valuable for our data center security."
"Advanced check prevention is a great feature that provides threat intelligence at speed."
"I like how straightforward it is and simple it is to implement in the cloud."
"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 most valuable feature I have found in CloudGuard Network Security is the flexibility to rebuild the firewall as needed."
"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 of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"The performance has been good overall."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"The reports are very basic."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"There are some usability issues we'd like to see improved."
"We are at the place where we are looking at better integration with the management system. We use an MDS today, and it is self-deployed. We want to get to the Smart-1 Cloud, but we do not know what that looks like today because it does not support a multi-domain setup. Smart-1 should either be able to do multi-domain or there should be some form of taking a multi-domain environment and putting it in Smart-1."
"There is room for improvement, especially concerning the integration with the management center. It would be beneficial if tasks that currently require scripts could be performed directly from the GUI."
"The solution's integration with cloud providers has seen significant development in the past months, but there is room for improvement for better integration."
"The memory and hard disk capability could be strengthened."
"People don't know about the tool's features. There's a lack of skill. Users require more knowledge on how to integrate it into the cloud environment and orchestrate routing. So, it's not necessarily a CloudGuard Network Security or Check Point issue but more about integration, knowledge, and understanding."
"The business and product development team should introduce a high-end feedback collection mechanism and analyze the customer requirements constructively."
"They are coming out with more SD-WAN express route support from a firewall perspective. That would be great."
"The solution's pricing could be a problem for some small businesses."
"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."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
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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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