We performed a comparison between Sophos Cyberoam UTM and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"Good user interface."
"The reporting features are very good."
"In terms of features and user-friendliness, the solution is good. It’s very stable. The solution is scalable. In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. It has helped us manage the bandwidth."
"Bandwidth Management and aggregation. It is valuable for combining two ISPs. Switching to a secondary/redundant ISP is thus seamless, in the event that the primary ISP goes down. The Bandwidth Management is also valuable for limiting heavy downloaders that may impact negatively on the experience of other users."
"The tool is stable."
"The product is worth the investment."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"Sophos UTM has a good user interface and granular security controls."
"The most valuable feature is the IPS. It also protects us from malware."
"It is easy to manage."
"Sophos UTM provides security for our network here and access through a VPN connection for our remote users. It also offers the flexibility to create different tools for accessibility."
"The implementation with the AWS environment was good."
"The initial configuration is straightforward thanks to the web GUI. In 30 minutes, you can have a running firewall with UTM protection enabled."
"I have no problem with the cost or licensing of this solution. This is a primary reason whay I wanted this solution. It does the same thing cheaper than other name brands."
"We find all of the features valuable because together they fit the needs of our customers."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
"The solution's pricing could be a problem for some small businesses."
"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."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"Maybe network traffic analysis for malware and malicious behavior."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"The solution needs better integration with captive portals and XGs."
"It's stable, but the reaction time of the GUI is terrible."
"In Sophos UTM there is always a problem with the routing tables. If you want to see the routing table, you have to use the UI. You can't do it via a web browser. The routing table is better in Fortinet."
"The lack of import/export functions for network and service options drives me mad."
"The reporting could be a lot better."
"The scalability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"In short, the UI and UX are the areas of improvement in Sophos UTM and similar solutions compared to Palo Alto."
Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Untangle NG Firewall, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Sophos Cyberoam UTM vs. Sophos UTM report.
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