We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"I think Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is one of the most advanced firewall platforms. I also like that it's easy to get top-level support right away. You get that security, and if you make a mistake, it doesn't break."
"The solution is stable."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"The product is foolproof. It has done everything that we have needed with the amount of email that we receive, and it handles it quite well."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The performance has been good overall."
"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."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"The solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good. The tool is highly stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is good. We chose Sophos Cyberoam UTM because their focus on security research is higher compared to other brands. It's an all-in-one solution with antivirus, EDR, wireless protection, and web protection integrated into one box. The initial setup was straightforward."
"The dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The user interface could be improved."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"Its interface could be better."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"I have problems with the email filtering. Emails pass through without any filtering affecting them. When I get back to them and tell them this is the issue, they check everything and say it is not in their database signature and they have to update it. But you know, by that time, my user has already opened it."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"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."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos UTM and SonicWall NSa. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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