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."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 most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"It helped us with its routing capabilities which eased the cost, because otherwise I would have had to take a router and firewall, and then integrate it. With this, however, it was an integration of firewall and routing services all together in a single product. That was one thing that I loved about it."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"The solution is stable, inexpensive, and works well for medium size companies."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"The solution has been good for fulfilling our basic needs."
"It is a part of the infrastructure when we're selling Juniper. That's what clients are familiar with and that's what they rely on."
"The rollback option and Commit Confirmed are great features. They give us the security to change configurations without downtime."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The port forwarding is good."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Good user interface."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"Juniper SRX could improve by adding an IPX feature."
"It would be good if Junos had "unique commands" between all hierarchical levels, discarding the use of the "Run" command."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better web interface. It needs to be more user-friendly. Right now, you can only access many features through the console."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"It should be easier to escalate support tickets."
"The GUI needs to be easier and more helpful for users who don't have security experience."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"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."
"I have problems with the email filtering. Emails pass through without any filtering affecting them. When I get back to them and tell them this is the issue, they check everything and say it is not in their database signature and they have to update it. But you know, by that time, my user has already opened it."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"The technical support response time 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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