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."The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"We are using it as a security shield. It does not allow access before that in case we have restricted a few things from users, so it helps me in that."
"It is very easy to use."
"Web and content filtering are valuable in preventing people from abusing the network and pushing up the bandwidth price."
"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."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the simple-to-use interface."
"We use Sophos UTM as our main firewall with all its features included. Mainly, it controls all of our network perimeter security: firewall, IDS/IPS, and web application firewall (including VoIP)."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos UTM is the efficiency and mail filtering module."
"An easy solution to learn because the graphics are very intuitive."
"What I like about Sophos UTM is that it improves my company's security. The solution is easy to set up, which I like, and it's very stable."
"Efficient and effective - it's easy to separate rules."
"It is easy to manage."
"Good basic firewall functions with advanced firewall scanning."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"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."
"I don't really have any notes for improvements."
"The integration capabilities could be better."
"There is absolutely no support when using AWS. If you buy the on-premise Sophos solution, you get support."
"The reporting could improve by providing information on where, or from which device attacks are coming from. We are already given the country where the attack is coming from but more information would be beneficial."
"Sophos UTM's firewall is a bit weak, and some of its features lack depth compared to other products like F5."
"The scalability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The five-factor authentication needs improvement."
"It is a pretty straightforward setup, but it should be some sort of documentation that takes you step-by-step to help set it up for your VPC."
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 Sophos XG, 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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