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 easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The performance is good."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"It is a complete security bundle. The cloud-based Sky Advanced Threat Prevention feature is very valuable. I am 100% satisfied with the performance of the Juniper firewall. It has a very good throughput. It works very fine. We use our firewall as a site-to-site VPN or Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). In both cases, it has a very good and optimum performance. Their service support is very good in India. I get really good support from the Juniper team."
"On a scale from one to ten, one being the worst and ten being the best I'd give Juniper SRX an overall rating of eight because of its' competitive price."
"It protects the data behind our switches."
"When compared to Palo Alto, Juniper is a better choice when it comes to the enterprise network and connectivity."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"Juniper has the "recovery safety feature", so if you perform a "commit confirmed" and the new configuration disconnects you. then there is no "confirmed" command with X mins (default = 10 mins). It automatically reverts (recovers) to the previous configuration. This is handy for when you do not want to make that trip down range just to reboot a router."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"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 product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"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 security capabilities are okay."
"The dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"It needs more available central management."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"When I was going to upgrade the OS, the solution didn't accept certain USB devices."
"This solution needs to update for "Next Generation" needs."
"The product only has basic features."
"Juniper SRX could improve by adding an IPX feature."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"Third-party support for Juniper is a lot less than Cisco. This is no surprise, but a definite consideration if you are expecting to use a lot of third party support. In my guesstimate, for every 100 Cisco shops, you will find one Juniper shop."
"It did not improve our safety because the IDS does not detect some attacks, but our anti-virus software did."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"I would say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"The solution had a feature to import users from a CSV file. However, the latest version does not have that option."
"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 product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 18 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 27 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 "Useful telecom industry functionality, simple deployment, but lacking features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "A versatile solution that comes with valuable security features like geofencing and traffic shaping". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, 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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