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 notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The tool's most valuable features are threat prevention and protection mechanisms."
"The comprehensiveness of the CloudGuard’s threat prevention security is great, especially once they integrate Dome9 in the whole thing. That really ties the whole thing together, so you can tie your entire cloud environment together into one central location, which is nice. Previously, we had three or four different tools that we were trying to leverage to do the same stuff that we are able to do with CloudGuard."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized dashboard, which is used for managing all of the Check Point Security Gateways."
"It is dynamic and agile, and its features and utilities continuously improve and evolve."
"The solution could improve to have a DLP feature."
"This software is great in overall performance since it can locate any trouble across the networking system and provide solutions before it affects workflows."
"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."
"We primarily secure our network using CloudGuard Network Security's next-generation firewall features, including anti-spam, IPS, and URL filtering. Our chosen package for the go-to-market strategy is NGTP. For customers seeking more features, we provide options to upgrade to the tool's advanced packages."
"The solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good. The tool is highly stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is good. We chose Sophos Cyberoam UTM because their focus on security research is higher compared to other brands. It's an all-in-one solution with antivirus, EDR, wireless protection, and web protection integrated into one box. The initial setup was straightforward."
"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."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"Lacks training for new features."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"Its customer service could be better."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"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."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The initial setup was a bit complex."
"What I would like for future updates would be faster updates to apply, and perhaps a greater presence in the local language for the regions of Latin America."
"The solution's integration with cloud providers has seen significant development in the past months, but there is room for improvement for better integration."
"Documentation might become too complex or too spread out, especially for newcomers."
"The API integration is complex, which is an area that should be improved."
"As an administrator, I can say that among all of the Check Point products I have been working with so far, the Virtual Systems solution is one of the most difficult."
"The initial setup is difficult. It took me three tries to get it right. The setup took two or three hours."
"The solution could improve to have a DLP feature."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I had an issue when I was trying to stop a user from using too much bandwidth while I was using Azure, I was not able to stop them."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"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."
"When it comes to web filtering and application filtering, it does not contain enough signatures to determine all of the sites that need to be blocked."
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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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