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 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 can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"It'sa very secure device, it has good attack prevention capabilities using UTM."
"Technical support is good. They quickly respond, and they even have local help here. They can actually give you an answer very quickly."
"I like that Juniper SRX is easy to use, scalable, and stable with good performance."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"The user interface is good."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall is a stable solution."
"The command line in Juniper SRX is extremely powerful, in my opinion. It's one of the best command lines I've used in networking products."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"The solution is easy to use."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"The tool is stable."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"The solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good. The tool is highly stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is good. We chose Sophos Cyberoam UTM because their focus on security research is higher compared to other brands. It's an all-in-one solution with antivirus, EDR, wireless protection, and web protection integrated into one box. The initial setup was straightforward."
"We are using it as a security shield. It does not allow access before that in case we have restricted a few things from users, so it helps me in that."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"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."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"The capacity can be limiting. We have outgrown its capacity. You can only scale up to a certain extent, depending on the device purchased."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"The GUI needs to be easier to handle."
"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."
"The web interface on Juniper SRX is just a short conversion from Junos OS CLI; this is not very suitable for users with little expertise/"
"Juniper SRX is stable, but it could improve. FortiGate has better stability than Juniper SRX."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"Sometimes committing configurations takes a lot of time in Juniper because of the connections, and it could be a little bit faster."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The implementation policy needs improvment."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"It should have a better VPN client. We decided to find something different than Cyberoam because of the VPN client software. It would be nice to have a user interface not only in English but also in different languages."
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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