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 are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"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."
"Single sign-on is also good. If you are accessing your corporate firewall from your home, during that time there is integration with AD. You can use your AD password to access your SSL VPN. It's not like if you buy an additional SSL VPN... You can directly integrate with your AD. If you change your password on the AD side, your client-to-VPN password also gets changed. You can integrate all your passwords from a single console. It's not like admin has to change your password, it's a single sign-on."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"Live monitoring of what is happening inside and on the interfaces, either ingress or egress."
"Its ability to block incoming attacks is valuable. Its logging, traffic monitoring, and VPN capabilities are also valuable."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, URL filtering, IPS, and virus scanning."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"I like Sophos Cyberoam UTM as a security component or device for organizations. Performance-wise, it's a satisfactory solution, and it works okay. It also has good features."
"The performance has been good overall."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"They've become quite expensive."
"The reports are very basic."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"If you have another brand of VPN where you have to put an SSL VPN between two devices, Barracuda doesn't support that at a certain point. You can't actually build the VPN between Barracuda and a different device of a different brand."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"The usability for the administrator's experience needs improvement. My system administrator has some questions about its overall connectivity and flexibility."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"The price could be better."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"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."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"Once in a while, an unwanted email will slip in. You have to set your parameters to avoid that happening, but once in a while, an email has slipped past firewall. Once you update the firmware, you notice that it doesn't happen. If an email slips in, I get a little bit worried. I do get the report, but you just don't want that situation happening in the first place."
"Technical support could be faster."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
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 Sophos XG. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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