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 features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The tool's most valuable features are IPS and blades. These features are valuable for security."
"The tool's most valuable features are the REST APIs that help to automate the deployment and maintenance process. It helps us to reduce time to 15-25 minutes compared to the manual process which used to take around two to three hours."
"The most valuable feature for me is that you have just one license. You can test and implement everything you need with one license. You do not need to pay for separate module licenses when you want IPS or other features."
"SSL/TLS traffic inspection features are used for advanced threat prevention against secure SSL traffic."
"We have complete visibility of attacks originating from email including spear-phishing, spoofing, etc."
"The most valuable feature is threat prevention."
"The Capsule solution and application filters are the most valuable. It is pretty straightforward to implement, and it also has good stability and scalability. Their technical support is also really good."
"The most valuable feature I have found in CloudGuard Network Security is the flexibility to rebuild the firewall as needed."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"Bandwidth Management and aggregation. It is valuable for combining two ISPs. Switching to a secondary/redundant ISP is thus seamless, in the event that the primary ISP goes down. The Bandwidth Management is also valuable for limiting heavy downloaders that may impact negatively on the experience of other users."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"The tool is stable."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"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."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"I haven't used CloudGuard Network Security in the past couple of years as I moved out of the network security role. However, based on my previous experience, there were improvements, especially in in-place upgrades. Regarding cost, it might be potentially cheaper considering resource utilization in Azure and VM costs, but licensing could be improved, possibly moving towards a simpler model."
"I would like to see more focus on east-west traffic inspection and AWS."
"Clustering in Azure is a bit different, not using the Check Point cluster but relying on load balancing. It's not as instant as I'm used to; in Azure, it might take around half a minute to a minute, and during this time, services could be down. The delay is attributed to Azure using its load balancing mechanisms instead of the Check Point cluster."
"The solution needs to support more hypervisors."
"The documentation has been rough. Being able to do it yourself can be hit or miss given the constraints of the documentation."
"The product needs to improve support. They don't consider my case the number one priority even though I want a quick resolution."
"The product can still grow."
"In the next release, including VRF support would be highly beneficial."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"We use different workarounds and find different solutions for it, depending on the client's needs. We shouldn't have to, we should just be able to use the product as it comes with Cyberoam, rather than having to revert to other products."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
"I would say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
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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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