We performed a comparison between McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"We use the FortiGate Sandbox to detect zero-day vulnerabilities, such as anomalies or malware, that are unknown and have not yet been discovered."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"It does give certain protection for everything that is well configured on our McAfee server. We have good protection with it. If we could find a feature and make it work, it would work perfectly, there would be no bugs, and it would be really good."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Its price could be better."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"Customer support and AV are both lacking and are really hard to come to you when the product is installed. Those are the two major points that they need to work on."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"The reporting part could be more user-friendly for troubleshooting and identifying network issues. It should be more easy for a normal user to identify the problem in their network."
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McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] writes "For managing multiple MFE firewalls it is incredibly handy but it could be easier for customers to migrate from one version to another. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG.
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