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."Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"The solution can scale well."
"It's very easy to configure."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"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."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"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 support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"Lacks training for new features."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"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."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"It should have better VPN protection. Some of the VPN applications are not blocked by this firewall. Some VPNs are able to get through this firewall, which is why I am planning to replace this firewall with a good one in the near future."
"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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