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."We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"The interface is very good."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"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 tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"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."
"In terms of features and user-friendliness, the solution is good. It’s very stable. The solution is scalable. In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. It has helped us manage the bandwidth."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"The logging details need 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."
"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."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"Technical support could be faster."
"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 solution could be cheaper."
"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."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
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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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