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."One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The UTM feature is quite good. FortiAP is easy to deploy because both Fortigate and FortiAP are under the same brand. Otherwise, you need to do more work on the configuration."
"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 solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The most valuable features of the Juniper SRX Series Firewall are the user-friendly UI, and accessing the solution is simple."
"Great as an inter-segmentation firewall or border or arch-firewall."
"The most powerful feature in Juniper SRX is definitely NCLS."
"Juniper is one of the most powerful network security solutions while remaining simple to use, set up, and scale."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall is a stable solution."
"The IPSec configuration is going well."
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"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."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"There are plenty of features that are valuable in the Sophos Cyberoam UTM. We use all the features, such as email Security, firewall rules, web server security, web devices, web protection."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"In comparison to other enterprise-level firewalls, such as Cisco FTD, Cisco has improved significantly. In the past, I believed that Juniper SRX was superior, but after seeing the advancements in the FTD platform, Cisco has better functionality. I have not recently explored Juniper SRX's next-generation firewall capabilities as we only use basic firewall filtering in our enterprise network."
"We purchased three devices and all three have been replaced under RMA."
"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."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"Juniper SRX could improve by adding an IPX feature."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"It isn't missing anything."
"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."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
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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