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.
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"It provides good routing and high performance of the data center."
"Commit: You can update the whole configuration without affecting the production. The new configuration will be loaded once the command "Commit" is submitted. You can also do a Commit confirmed to automatically roll back to the previous config after X minutes."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"I like the Junos OS, which has been very good for me. It's very clever."
"When compared to Palo Alto, Juniper is a better choice when it comes to the enterprise network and connectivity."
"Technical support is perfect."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"I'm more inclined towards the conventional firewall. So for me, I'm more geared towards the standard firewall type functionalities as well as the web application firewall because that seems to work fine."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"I find Sophos Cyberoam UTM very good. I like the feature of being able to block off Mac IDs that host users. For example, you have a Mac or Windows laptop and you created a hotspot. Other devices like mobiles and tablets e.g. iPads connected to that hotspot. We can block those devices that connected to the hotspot we created, only through Sophos. It's a good feature we didn't find in other UTMs."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"Good user interface."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"FortiLink is the interface on the firewall that allows you to extend switch management across all of your switches in the network. The problem with it is that you can't use multiple interfaces unless you set them up in a lag. Only then you can run them. So, it forces you to use a core type of switch to propagate that management out to the rest of the switches, and then it is running the case at 200. It leaves you with 18 ports on the firewall because it is also a layer-three router that could also be used as a switch, but as soon as you do that, you can't really use them. They could do a little bit more clean up in the way the stacking interface works. Some use cases and the documentation on the FortiLink checking interface are a little outdated. I can find stuff on version 5 or more, but it is hard to find information on some of the newer firmware. The biggest thing I would like to see is some improvement in the switch management feature. I would like to be able to relegate some of the ports, which are on the firewall itself, to act as a switch to take advantage of those ports. Some of these firewalls have clarity ports on them. If I can use those, it would mean that I need to buy two less switches, which saves time. I get why they don't, but I would still like to see it because it would save a little bit of space in the server rack."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"I would like them to add a dashboard because it's difficult to operate."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"In terms of other features, I'd like to see a web filter, 10 point control, application control and a DNA filter in the next release."
"Juniper SRX is stable, but it could improve. FortiGate has better stability than Juniper SRX."
"The capacity can be limiting. We have outgrown its capacity. You can only scale up to a certain extent, depending on the device purchased."
"I would like to see endpoint control and endpoint testing security."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"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."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"Maybe network traffic analysis for malware and malicious behavior."
"The solution's pricing could be a problem for some small businesses."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
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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