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."FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"It is very flexible to use."
"TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture) VPN features - Allows automatic VPN configuration with little or no input from the tech. Drag and drop lines between Barracuda units and the VPN is built automatically."
"Its ability to block incoming attacks is valuable. Its logging, traffic monitoring, and VPN capabilities are also valuable."
"The solution is stable."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"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."
"Its stability and SD-WAN features are the most valuable."
"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."
"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."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good. The tool is highly stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is good. We chose Sophos Cyberoam UTM because their focus on security research is higher compared to other brands. It's an all-in-one solution with antivirus, EDR, wireless protection, and web protection integrated into one box. The initial setup was straightforward."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"The port forwarding is good."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"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."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"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."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"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."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"The solution's pricing could be a problem for some small businesses."
"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 say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
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 Sophos XG. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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