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."All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"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."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"The Juniper SRX series is easy to use."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"We did not have problems with scaling, as we have less than 500 users in our organization."
"The scalability is fine."
"The solution has proven to be quite stable."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"Technical support is perfect."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"I find Sophos Cyberoam UTM very good. I like the feature of being able to block off Mac IDs that host users. For example, you have a Mac or Windows laptop and you created a hotspot. Other devices like mobiles and tablets e.g. iPads connected to that hotspot. We can block those devices that connected to the hotspot we created, only through Sophos. It's a good feature we didn't find in other UTMs."
"Web and content filtering are valuable in preventing people from abusing the network and pushing up the bandwidth price."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"Good user interface."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"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."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Junos Space should be improved to be on par with FortiGate's solution for managing firewalls and routing."
"The visibility/reporting could be better. To see something, you have to export the log to a syslog and then process with another product."
"In the future, I would like to see the UI more responsive"
"This solution needs to update for "Next Generation" needs."
"I would like them to add a dashboard because it's difficult to operate."
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"The solution could cost less. It's a bit expensive right now."
"The range of devices should be expanded to include those suitable for a small implementation. Juniper does not have any lower-priced SRX models, useful perhaps for a single ATM or a single bank branch."
"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 solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"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."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"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."
"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."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
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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