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 is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"Good load balancing feature."
"It's very easy to configure."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"Most of our clients use it as a traditional firewall, blocking Layer 3 and Layer 4, blocking by transport."
"We think they have a good interface, the operating system is good, it's robust. It has plenty of great features, and the relation between the cost and benefits works for our business."
"Great as an inter-segmentation firewall or border or arch-firewall."
"The ports are really versatile for their application and don't always have to be used for the purpose for which they were made."
"Juniper is a highly flexible platform, and you get more bang for your buck compared to a Cisco product."
"The reason that we picked Juniper SRX is for the scalability, the fit for purpose, the tools that are available, the ongoing support and the ability to monitor, but particularly for the virtual routers in our data centers so that we can quickly upscale them when needed, when we need more throughput."
"The high availability of the application is good."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"The performance has been good overall."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"The tool is stable."
"It is very easy to use."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"It needs more available central management."
"The scalability could be better."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"Application management can be improved."
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"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."
"Ongoing costs are something that we need to manage and make sure that we're getting value on."
"It should be easier to escalate support tickets."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better web interface. It needs to be more user-friendly. Right now, you can only access many features through the console."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"We use different workarounds and find different solutions for it, depending on the client's needs. We shouldn't have to, we should just be able to use the product as it comes with Cyberoam, rather than having to revert to other products."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
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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