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."Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"Its ability to block incoming attacks is valuable. Its logging, traffic monitoring, and VPN capabilities are also valuable."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it is quite easy to use."
"The solution is stable."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"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."
"Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features."
"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 tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The port forwarding is good."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The price could be better."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"There is room for improvement in performance and the support language. The support they're providing right now is from a different country, and in our country, there are people—network admins and IT heads—who don't speak English properly. So Barracuda needs to provide support agents who speak additional languages, such as Bangla."
"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."
"The analytics are weak."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"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."
"It isn't missing anything."
"I would say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"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."
"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."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"Technical support could be faster."
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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