We performed a comparison between McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
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"The solution is extremely reliable."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The initial setup is complex."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"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."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"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."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"What needs improvement in Sophos Cyberoam UTM is openness in the competition among Sophos partners or any other Sophos product. Another area for improvement in the solution is pricing. It could be cheaper."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
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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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