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 management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"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."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"The encryption and the security standards are valuable."
"They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"Good identity fire walling, malware protection and application control features."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"Its stability and SD-WAN features are the most valuable."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The port forwarding is good."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"The UI could be improved."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"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."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."
"Its interface could be better."
"The implementation policy needs improvment."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"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."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
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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