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 scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"Scalability is good; the company wants to be able to handle large customers."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"Good identity fire walling, malware protection and application control features."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"It is a very stable solution."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"The product is worth the investment."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"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 has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"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."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"The price could be better."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"When it comes to web filtering and application filtering, it does not contain enough signatures to determine all of the sites that need to be blocked."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
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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