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."Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"The encryption and the security standards are valuable."
"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."
"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."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"The ability to be deployed and supported remotely is valuable."
"Good user interface."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"There are plenty of features that are valuable in the Sophos Cyberoam UTM. We use all the features, such as email Security, firewall rules, web server security, web devices, web protection."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"Backup can be improved."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"Can be underpowered if you choose to use all available add-on features. Just be careful when sizing your unit. Make sure you take into account what features you will be turning on, and work with your sales rep to get the model that can handle that load."
"The analytics are weak."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"The price could be better."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"Maybe network traffic analysis for malware and malicious behavior."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The implementation policy needs improvment."
"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."
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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