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."It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"It is a safe product."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"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's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"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."
"Good identity fire walling, malware protection and application control features."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"The product is worth the investment."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"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."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Its price could be better."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"To start working with spam, it takes a while because the product has to see that multiple emails are coming in with all the spam. If it could reduce that amount of time, then we would reduce the amount of users who are receiving spam."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"The price could be better."
"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."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"I had an issue when I was trying to stop a user from using too much bandwidth while I was using Azure, I was not able to stop them."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"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 implementation policy needs improvment."
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, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM and Azure 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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