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 can scale well."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"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 product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"One of the nice things about FortiGate is that it can be deployed on the cloud or on-premises. You can actually do both. That's the biggest reason why I stick with this solution as opposed to something like Cisco Meraki. Another nice thing is that I can log directly into a FortiGate or get to it through their FortiCloud access products. They're pretty reliable and consistent. One of the reasons why I started using the product was their single pane of management. I can deploy their line of firewalls in conjunction with their switching and access points, and I can manage the entire network from one interface. I don't have to log into one interface for the firewall, another one for the access points, and another one for the switches. These firewalls have access point controller functionality built right into the system, so I don't even have to purchase additional devices to manage them."
"It can expand easily."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"Security policies in combination with zones: It is very easy to organize the security polices in a logical structure."
"Juniper SRX is a very powerful firewall and sometimes can be used as a router."
"If we need to define our user system from an anti-spam perspective, we can constantly update the antivirus."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"The ports are really versatile for their application and don't always have to be used for the purpose for which they were made."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"In terms of features and user-friendliness, the solution is good. It’s very stable. The solution is scalable. In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. It has helped us manage the bandwidth."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"The port forwarding is good."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"Backup can be improved."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"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."
"It could have features that other products support like blade options and stand-alone endpoint security."
"IPS is one that I would definitely want to be improved. I would also like SSL VPN to be integrated."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"When I was going to upgrade the OS, the solution didn't accept certain USB devices."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"There are a lot of features that customers do not know about and I think that better documentation would help when it comes to learning how to use the product."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"It is not a scalable product. This is because if you want to increase the capacity of the solution, then you have to change the device."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
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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