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 security on offer is very good."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"Add-on features such as Virus Scanning, ATP, and web filtering add another level of protection and block malware before it gets to the end user."
"Most people are using enterprise applications remotely, and there is no license for SSL VPN, or in other words point-to-site. There is no limit on that. On other devices there is a specific limit and you have to pay per use for SSL VPN."
"They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"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."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM is used for perimeter security, web filtering, intrusion prevention and as a VPN."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"The product is worth the investment."
"The reporting features are very good."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"Its price could be better."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"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."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"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."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"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."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"It isn't missing anything."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
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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