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 SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"Good load balancing feature."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"The most valuable feature is the virtualization because it can be used for customers who are using the mobile data network to request a private connection to a remote site."
"It's easily scalable."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"The solution's configurations and syntax are specific and more complicated than other platforms."
"The reporting is lacking."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"The GUI needs to be easier to handle."
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"The pricing strategy of the vendor could improve."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"What needs improvement in Sophos Cyberoam UTM is openness in the competition among Sophos partners or any other Sophos product. Another area for improvement in the solution is pricing. It could be cheaper."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
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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