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."We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"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 valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"The product offers very good security."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"Easy integration with some other systems like LDAP or Active Directory to manage other permissions and the division of external access and internal access."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"When you are sending information to an external email address, Barracuda can warn you when you are trying to access a private or personal email, or trying to upload information and not allow you to do that."
"It is a very stable solution."
"If an employee tries to get or move a file that is not permitted to them - for example if he wants to copy it to a USB - he will not have the right to do that, because Barracuda manages who has the right to copy, and what you copy to a USB. The USB is encrypted with a specific code from Barracuda and will only be decrypted into any other laptop in the company if they allow it to see it."
"TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture) VPN features - Allows automatic VPN configuration with little or no input from the tech. Drag and drop lines between Barracuda units and the VPN is built automatically."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"When you do any commit, it locks your next access. If you are making a change to the device, from the security standpoint it's fine, but from the admin side it's not good. When you make changes, after each and every one it becomes locked."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"The analytics are weak."
"It would be better if they had a trace and trap feature. It's hard for me to say anything bad about Barracuda. This is because we had a firewall go down in the town of Kirkland Lake, and it was a blown-out port, and they had an instant replacement."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"Its interface could be better."
"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 following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th 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 Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Untangle NG Firewall. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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