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."It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The solution is stable."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall is a stable solution."
"Troubleshooting with the solution is quite easy. If you compare the process to, for example, Fortigate, Juniper is much easier."
"If we need to define our user system from an anti-spam perspective, we can constantly update the antivirus."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"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."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The port forwarding is good."
"It is very easy to use."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"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."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"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."
"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."
"It could have features that other products support like blade options and stand-alone endpoint security."
"It must be 5G ready. The 5G network is rolling out soon in India, and Juniper must upgrade their firewall slot to the 5G network, or they must manufacture a 5G dongle card for the Juniper firewall. I want Juniper to upgrade their dongle from 4G to 5G. Presently, they have an expansion slot in the SRX 322 series and higher firewalls. In that expansion slot, they can put a 4G mobility SIM card so that whenever our primary link is down, it will automatically connect through this GSM network and form a tunnel."
"The GUI needs to be easier and more helpful for users who don't have security experience."
"I would like to see endpoint control and endpoint testing security."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM has room for improvement in specific rules-based objects and redesign. The solution also needs to improve in adding rules and policies, including renewing and finding policies."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
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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