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 next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"It's very easy to configure."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Check Point is one of the few solutions that pay attention to cloud security. Many others mostly focus on providing on-premises solutions."
"The features of the solution which I have found most valuable are its flexibility and agility. It's a fully scalable solution, from our perspective. We can define scaling groups and, based on the load, it will create new instances. It's truly a product which is oriented toward the cloud mindset, cloud agility, and this is a great feature."
"It makes securing our cloud workload super easy, and we are able to push any sort of policy changes we need pretty quickly"
"Check Point CloudGuard is quick to deploy and easy for the customer to use."
"The product gives analytic reports."
"Additionally, the centralized reporting and management, accessible through a single pane of glass, offer consistency and efficiency across multi-cloud environments."
"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."
"As per the solution's blade design, there are many options. For example, you have to buy a UTM blade and an advanced malware blade, etc. If the blade license is there, we can configure from the firewall GUI."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"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."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"The SD-WAN could be better."
"The solution’s technical support, DNS security and training could be improved."
"Check Point support, beyond CloudGuard, does need some improvement."
"The documentation could be much better."
"The memory and hard disk capability could be strengthened."
"There is a limitation with the version upgrade. We are using version 81.10 and from what I understand, it is problematic to upgrade this version. I do not know if that is true."
"CloudGuard functions just like any other firewall. It functions very well. The only thing that could maybe be improved would be to integrate some tools that are not integrated with the SmartConsole, like the SmartView Monitor that we need to open on a different application to access."
"Its price is fair, but it can be more favorable."
"Technical support could be faster."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"The implementation policy needs improvment."
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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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