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."This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"It is very flexible to use."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"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 VPN is excellent on the solution."
"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."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM is used for perimeter security, web filtering, intrusion prevention and as a VPN."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"Bandwidth Management and aggregation. It is valuable for combining two ISPs. Switching to a secondary/redundant ISP is thus seamless, in the event that the primary ISP goes down. The Bandwidth Management is also valuable for limiting heavy downloaders that may impact negatively on the experience of other users."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"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."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"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."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"It is not a scalable product. This is because if you want to increase the capacity of the solution, then you have to change the device."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
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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