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 inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"Now, we can filter which websites users can access and block categories that are a risk. For example, we can block social media and gambling sites. This has helped to decrease the risk of access to malicious content on the internet."
"We consolidated from three management consoles and three clusters to only one, which is a big improvement."
"The product has allowed us to develop applications from the cloud - even with large environments and well-segmented security lines."
"The tool's most valuable features are IPS and blades. These features are valuable for security."
"I like the firewall and the virtual machine. I also like that it's compatible with Amazon Web Services and Azure."
"It really is a pretty complete solution."
"The solution could improve to have a DLP feature."
"Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has a beautiful threat emulation different from the market."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"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 security capabilities are okay."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
"It is very easy to use."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The business and product development team should introduce a high-end feedback collection mechanism and analyze the customer requirements constructively."
"The product needs to improve technical support."
"CheckPoint CloudGuard could be better at solving cases."
"The initial deployment using the ARM template in Azure was straightforward, but migrating to Terraform added complexity, although we managed to make it work."
"It is somewhat problematic in the area of the cloud."
"Zero touch removes any independence for configuring."
"The solution needs to support more hypervisors."
"The API integration is complex, which is an area that should be improved."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"It should have a better VPN client. We decided to find something different than Cyberoam because of the VPN client software. It would be nice to have a user interface not only in English but also in different languages."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"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."
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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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