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 solution is extremely reliable."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"Performance is a strong point."
"The reason that we picked Juniper SRX is for the scalability, the fit for purpose, the tools that are available, the ongoing support and the ability to monitor, but particularly for the virtual routers in our data centers so that we can quickly upscale them when needed, when we need more throughput."
"The high availability of the application is good."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"The product provides good performance and has features comparable to other leading products in the market."
"We use it as a firewall at our head office and branches."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM is used for perimeter security, web filtering, intrusion prevention and as a VPN."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"The reports are very basic."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"There is room for improvement in scalability and performance. It's scalable and reliable, but when using next-generation firewall features, the performance decreases significantly for Juniper SRX."
"I would like to see endpoint control and endpoint testing security."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"The workplace management console needs improvement. It should be a little bit more developed. Also, the interface needs a bit more improvement."
"JTAC (Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center) is just okay for technical assistance. However, if you are used to Cisco TAC responsiveness, you will need to adjust your expectations with Juniper Networks TAC."
"I would like to have a better web UI for administration. Juniper could simplify the web UI and make it more compatible with mobile devices."
"The reporting is lacking."
"It does have its nuances in terms of deployment. There are always areas to make something easier or more intuitive or make the system auto-negotiate more with existing hardware."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"We use different workarounds and find different solutions for it, depending on the client's needs. We shouldn't have to, we should just be able to use the product as it comes with Cyberoam, rather than having to revert to other products."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"The data support response time should be improved."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 18 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 27 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 "Useful telecom industry functionality, simple deployment, but lacking features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "A versatile solution that comes with valuable security features like geofencing and traffic shaping". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, 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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