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 highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"It's fine, and it's good. It's very stable."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"Security policies in combination with zones: It is very easy to organize the security polices in a logical structure."
"It helps us perform our daily jobs."
"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."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"The tool is stable."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"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."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"Technical support is excellent."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"Application management can be improved."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"As a networking person, I don't really have any major issues with this device. Based on my experience of using it in a cluster, it could be more stable. I had an incident when one of the SRXs in a cluster couldn't learn ARP. It is a good solution, but firewalls don't seem to be an area of development for Juniper. They are focusing on data centers, routers, and switches, not firewalls."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"It must be 5G ready. The 5G network is rolling out soon in India, and Juniper must upgrade their firewall slot to the 5G network, or they must manufacture a 5G dongle card for the Juniper firewall. I want Juniper to upgrade their dongle from 4G to 5G. Presently, they have an expansion slot in the SRX 322 series and higher firewalls. In that expansion slot, they can put a 4G mobility SIM card so that whenever our primary link is down, it will automatically connect through this GSM network and form a tunnel."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"It's a good stable firewall, but it's nowhere near what it needs to be for a next-generation type firewall."
"The product only has basic features."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
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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