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."Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"I wanted to go to a software-defined WAN and in Barracuda they have a specific protocol called TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture). You can create a master policy over the internet and it allows you to do Quality of Services on top of it. That is really helpful for me."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"Its ability to block incoming attacks is valuable. Its logging, traffic monitoring, and VPN capabilities are also valuable."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"Its stability and SD-WAN features are the most valuable."
"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."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it is quite easy to use."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"It is very easy to use."
"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."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"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 initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"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."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."
"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."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"It isn't missing anything."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
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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