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."User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"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."
"The dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The product is worth the investment."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"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 product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"The pricing could always be better."
"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 configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"It should have a better VPN client. We decided to find something different than Cyberoam because of the VPN client software. It would be nice to have a user interface not only in English but also in different languages."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"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."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
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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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