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 secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"It performs very well."
"The solution is stable."
"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."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"We are using it as a security shield. It does not allow access before that in case we have restricted a few things from users, so it helps me in that."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"Lacks training for new features."
"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."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"I had an issue when I was trying to stop a user from using too much bandwidth while I was using Azure, I was not able to stop them."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"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."
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 Untangle NG Firewall.
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