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."The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"It can expand easily."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"Great as an inter-segmentation firewall or border or arch-firewall."
"The product provides good performance and has features comparable to other leading products in the market."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"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."
"What I like the most about Juniper is that they have the same CLI on all routers, switches, and firewalls. If you have worked with any Juniper device, such as a Juniper router, you will be able to work with an SRX, which is really cool. It is a nice experience to work with every device of Juniper, not only firewalls."
"It is very fast and very easy to maintain. Another nice part of it is that you can easily extract the logs and move them over to a security operations center."
"The product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"It is very easy to use."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"I like Sophos Cyberoam UTM as a security component or device for organizations. Performance-wise, it's a satisfactory solution, and it works okay. It also has good features."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"The range of devices should be expanded to include those suitable for a small implementation. Juniper does not have any lower-priced SRX models, useful perhaps for a single ATM or a single bank branch."
"The configuration is difficult and it should be easier."
"It could improve areas which need high performance."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"It should be easier to escalate support tickets."
"It would be ideal if the solution could use cloud services to help update signatures or threat prevention systems."
"It should have a better VPN client. We decided to find something different than Cyberoam because of the VPN client software. It would be nice to have a user interface not only in English but also in different languages."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"It should have better VPN protection. Some of the VPN applications are not blocked by this firewall. Some VPNs are able to get through this firewall, which is why I am planning to replace this firewall with a good one in the near future."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"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."
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, Untangle NG Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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