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."You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The most valuable feature for us is the cluster support."
"It is a good-to-use tool that is also flexible."
"The main benefit of the Check Point Virtual Systems solution is its ability to split up the hardware appliances that we have into several logical, virtual devices with separate traffic handling policies, as well as the switching and routing."
"It's possible to sync the Check Point Management with the cloud portal, therefore allowing automated rules to be set in place whenever creating a new VM."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to run the gateways as virtual machines in our virtual data center. The tool protects the virtual data centers."
"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."
"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."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"The performance has been good overall."
"It is very easy to use."
"The tool is stable."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"The threat scanning system should categorize the level of threats to enhance reliable data interpretation."
"Easier optimization techniques can definitely help with better performance of the OS, as using the vanilla software doesn't actually showcase the real capability of the software."
"I would like to see more focus on east-west traffic inspection and AWS."
"The connection to the on-premises management requires using the CLI. It's not just a click, and you cannot edit in the management to prepare everything. You need to do it online and in real time. After that, you must execute a script, and then you should be happy that it appears in the management."
"Its price is fair, but it can be more favorable."
"From the policy optimization point of view, they can do better. This is not just for CloudGuard. CloudGuard is one little piece managed by Check Point. They can also integrate a third-party policy management solution to improve that. For example, Tufin is focused on policy optimization and management."
"The initial setup was a bit complex."
"The product needs to improve support. They don't consider my case the number one priority even though I want a quick resolution."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"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."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
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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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