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.
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"Good load balancing feature."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"It's very easy to configure."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"Their GPS possibilities and the security that it has, especially the SD-WAN functionality, is very good."
"If you have multiple offices, all inter-connected via the internet, you want a single management console through which you can manage all you firewalls. In that case Barracuda could be a good option."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"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."
"If an employee tries to get or move a file that is not permitted to them - for example if he wants to copy it to a USB - he will not have the right to do that, because Barracuda manages who has the right to copy, and what you copy to a USB. The USB is encrypted with a specific code from Barracuda and will only be decrypted into any other laptop in the company if they allow it to see it."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"I'm more inclined towards the conventional firewall. So for me, I'm more geared towards the standard firewall type functionalities as well as the web application firewall because that seems to work fine."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"It is very easy to use."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"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."
"It's a little bit complex in terms of handling. If you implement a change, there is a specific point where you have to commit it. It's not like you just push a button and it's always committed. If you don't know to check whether your commit command has been executed or not... that is something Barracuda needs to work on."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"Barracuda CloudGen Firewall should work a little bit more with the logs so that, in our company, we can generate a little bit more reports and get a bit more statistics, which would be fine for us."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"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 Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"Sometimes, during part of the configuration, if you don't have a lot of technical knowledge, then you may struggle a bit to configure it."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"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 blocking needs to be improved."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
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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