We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos Cyberoam 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."Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The most powerful feature in Juniper SRX is definitely NCLS."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"The most valuable feature of Juniper SRX is that it is plug-and-play. Additionally, it has a lot of capabilities in one device."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"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."
"It is very easy to use."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"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 solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"It must be 5G ready. The 5G network is rolling out soon in India, and Juniper must upgrade their firewall slot to the 5G network, or they must manufacture a 5G dongle card for the Juniper firewall. I want Juniper to upgrade their dongle from 4G to 5G. Presently, they have an expansion slot in the SRX 322 series and higher firewalls. In that expansion slot, they can put a 4G mobility SIM card so that whenever our primary link is down, it will automatically connect through this GSM network and form a tunnel."
"It could be more secure."
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall has to improve its web content site, like web filtration."
"It would be ideal if the solution could use cloud services to help update signatures or threat prevention systems."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"Maybe network traffic analysis for malware and malicious behavior."
"Once in a while, an unwanted email will slip in. You have to set your parameters to avoid that happening, but once in a while, an email has slipped past firewall. Once you update the firmware, you notice that it doesn't happen. If an email slips in, I get a little bit worried. I do get the report, but you just don't want that situation happening in the first place."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"Technical support could be faster."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 86 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Untangle NG Firewall. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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