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 most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"Commit: You can update the whole configuration without affecting the production. The new configuration will be loaded once the command "Commit" is submitted. You can also do a Commit confirmed to automatically roll back to the previous config after X minutes."
"It's a reliable firewall and very stable, for both the hardware and applications it is stable."
"The scalability is fine."
"vSRX is easy to deploy to any virtual infrastructure, such as OpenStack, VMware, and even Docker (cSRX)."
"It'sa very secure device, it has good attack prevention capabilities using UTM."
"The CLI works perfectly."
"Technical support has been quite helpful."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"It is very easy to use."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"I like Sophos Cyberoam UTM as a security component or device for organizations. Performance-wise, it's a satisfactory solution, and it works okay. It also has good features."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"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."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in scalability and performance. It's scalable and reliable, but when using next-generation firewall features, the performance decreases significantly for Juniper SRX."
"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."
"The solution's configurations and syntax are specific and more complicated than other platforms."
"While the GUI is pretty good on the Juniper side, there can still be tweaks made to it that will make it even better."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"It needs better interoperability with Cisco gear."
"The solution isn't very granular or detailed."
"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."
"The reporting part could be more user-friendly for troubleshooting and identifying network issues. It should be more easy for a normal user to identify the problem in their network."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"I would say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
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, Untangle NG Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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