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 features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"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 performance is good."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"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."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"The solution is stable."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"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."
"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."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"When you do any commit, it locks your next access. If you are making a change to the device, from the security standpoint it's fine, but from the admin side it's not good. When you make changes, after each and every one it becomes locked."
"The technical manuals, at times, have images that don't match the actual screens and are not always as clear as they could be on the configuration."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"Its interface could be better."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"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 setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"It is not a scalable product. This is because if you want to increase the capacity of the solution, then you have to change the device."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"The solution could be cheaper."
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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