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."Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"It uses many applications, like antivirus blocking and web filtering."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"The most powerful feature in Juniper SRX is definitely NCLS."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"From a protection perspective, it provides a network perimeter security function for our company."
"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."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"It was very difficult to deal with and required a lot of support, and the UI is very poor."
"JTAC (Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center) is just okay for technical assistance. However, if you are used to Cisco TAC responsiveness, you will need to adjust your expectations with Juniper Networks TAC."
"I think improvement can be done to the security part, particularly the UDM, and the product should have a user-friendly interface similar to FortiGate. It should have the Azure RBAC in the next release."
"It should be easier to escalate support tickets."
"The Juniper SRX product needs to improve in terms of innovation."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"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 policy is a bit too vague."
"I have problems with the email filtering. Emails pass through without any filtering affecting them. When I get back to them and tell them this is the issue, they check everything and say it is not in their database signature and they have to update it. But you know, by that time, my user has already opened it."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"The blocking needs to 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, Sophos XG and Untangle NG Firewall. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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