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 is an easy solution to deploy."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"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 most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The product is worth the investment."
"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 tool is stable."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"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."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"It isn't missing anything."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
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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 Sophos XG.
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