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 IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"I like the routing and firewall features."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall is a stable solution."
"Security policies in combination with zones: It is very easy to organize the security polices in a logical structure."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"It uses many applications, like antivirus blocking and web filtering."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"The GUI needs improvement."
"The workplace management console needs improvement. It should be a little bit more developed. Also, the interface needs a bit more improvement."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"The CPU switch could be improved for a better overall performance of traffic flow."
"While the GUI is pretty good on the Juniper side, there can still be tweaks made to it that will make it even better."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"It should have better VPN protection. Some of the VPN applications are not blocked by this firewall. Some VPNs are able to get through this firewall, which is why I am planning to replace this firewall with a good one in the near future."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
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, Untangle NG Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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