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."Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"It's easily scalable."
"Juniper is a highly flexible platform, and you get more bang for your buck compared to a Cisco product."
"There is a lot of flexibility in how you can commit, check, and back out of a configuration."
"I have used technical support quite a bit, and they are really good."
"The GUI is simple to use."
"You can scale the solution."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"The port forwarding is good."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"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."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"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."
"The setup process should be improved."
"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."
"I've noticed that the management interface could use some updates and upgrades."
"It could improve areas which need high performance."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"The product only has basic features."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"It isn't missing anything."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"The solution could be cheaper."
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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