We performed a comparison between McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"It can expand easily."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"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."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"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."
"Web and content filtering are valuable in preventing people from abusing the network and pushing up the bandwidth price."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"I find Sophos Cyberoam UTM very good. I like the feature of being able to block off Mac IDs that host users. For example, you have a Mac or Windows laptop and you created a hotspot. Other devices like mobiles and tablets e.g. iPads connected to that hotspot. We can block those devices that connected to the hotspot we created, only through Sophos. It's a good feature we didn't find in other UTMs."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Its price could be better."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"The biggest "gotcha" is that if the client purchases what they call the UTM shared bundle, which has unified threat management on both, it's not as easy to manage if you have more than one firewall."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"Application management can be improved."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"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."
"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 Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"Once in a while, an unwanted email will slip in. You have to set your parameters to avoid that happening, but once in a while, an email has slipped past firewall. Once you update the firmware, you notice that it doesn't happen. If an email slips in, I get a little bit worried. I do get the report, but you just don't want that situation happening in the first place."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"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."
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 27 reviews. McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "A versatile solution that comes with valuable security features like geofencing and traffic shaping". 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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