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."What's most important is the ease of use."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
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"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"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."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"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 product is worth the investment."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"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."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"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."
"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."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"The implementation policy needs improvment."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM has room for improvement in specific rules-based objects and redesign. The solution also needs to improve in adding rules and policies, including renewing and finding policies."
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
Earn 20 points
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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