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."It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"One of the main characteristics that Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has given us is granularity and visibility."
"Its integration and use of features, such as advanced threat prevention, have helped us a lot with malware prevention and also with avoiding exposure to false positives."
"The central management feature is a big plus, allowing us to manage both local and cloud gateways from one platform."
"This solution has good scalability and stability."
"Moving into the cloud without having to change a lot of our internal processes and retrain staff is one of the biggest benefits of this solution."
"The solution has been quite stable."
"Security effectiveness is the most valuable feature. Operational efficiency, reporting, and support are also good."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized dashboard, which is used for managing all of the Check Point Security Gateways."
"The port forwarding is good."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"The dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"I like Sophos Cyberoam UTM as a security component or device for organizations. Performance-wise, it's a satisfactory solution, and it works okay. It also has good features."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The support system could be improved."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"For major upgrades, it's still necessary to destroy the VMs and re-create them again. Doing that would mean new public IPs as well."
"If you compare the GUI with the Palo Alto and Forcepoint in the Cisco, they're very easy. Check Point, due to its design, is a little bit complex. They should make the GUI easy to use so that anyone can understand it easily, like Fortinet's GUI. Many companies end up using Fortinet because the GUI is very easy, and there's no need for training. They just deploy the box and do the configuration."
"In future releases, I would like to see the data loss prevention (DLP) feature could scale along with the virtual machine scale sets."
"The solution lacks the capability to scale effectively."
"The solution needs to support more hypervisors."
"This application can be more integrated with web application firewalls. Better integrations would provide more granularity, which would be helpful for focusing on the application itself and preventing attacks. It would be good to include the cross-domain search. If you have multiple firewalls that are managed on the same platform and you want to check who is using some particular objects or where a specific ID is being used, it should provide an option for this kind of search instead of having to check one by one on each firewall."
"CheckPoint CloudGuard could be better at solving cases."
"The complexity to deploy should be decreased."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"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 price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
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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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