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 blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"The solution is scalable."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The security on offer is very good."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"We're primarily using Juniper's EPA feature, but not the other things. We use it to manage different points of firewalling of routing."
"The firewall features and the routing capability are the most valuable."
"The scalability is fine."
"We mostly use the Layer 4 firewall functions: Access rules, NAT, and site-to-site IPsec VPN."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"Technical support is perfect."
"Good user interface."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"In terms of features and user-friendliness, the solution is good. It’s very stable. The solution is scalable. In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. It has helped us manage the bandwidth."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"There are a lot of features that customers do not know about and I think that better documentation would help when it comes to learning how to use the product."
"The capacity can be limiting. We have outgrown its capacity. You can only scale up to a certain extent, depending on the device purchased."
"It could improve areas which need high performance."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"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/"
"It would be good if Junos had "unique commands" between all hierarchical levels, discarding the use of the "Run" command."
"This solution needs to update for "Next Generation" needs."
"The solution's initial setup process was lengthy as I was new to Juniper."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"It is not a scalable product. This is because if you want to increase the capacity of the solution, then you have to change the device."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"Technical support could be faster."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
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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