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."Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The security on offer is very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"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."
"There are plenty of features that are valuable in the Sophos Cyberoam UTM. We use all the features, such as email Security, firewall rules, web server security, web devices, web protection."
"The product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"The port forwarding is good."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"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."
"What needs improvement in Sophos Cyberoam UTM is openness in the competition among Sophos partners or any other Sophos product. Another area for improvement in the solution is pricing. It could be cheaper."
"It isn't missing anything."
"Sometimes, during part of the configuration, if you don't have a lot of technical knowledge, then you may struggle a bit to configure it."
"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."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
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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 Untangle NG Firewall.
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