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."Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is stable."
"The encryption and the security standards are valuable."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, URL filtering, IPS, and virus scanning."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it is quite easy to use."
"The ability to be deployed and supported remotely is valuable."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"Most people are using enterprise applications remotely, and there is no license for SSL VPN, or in other words point-to-site. There is no limit on that. On other devices there is a specific limit and you have to pay per use for SSL VPN."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"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 firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"The product is worth the investment."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"The performance has been good overall."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"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."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"Its interface could be better."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"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."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
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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