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."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is robustness."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"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."
"vSRX is easy to deploy to any virtual infrastructure, such as OpenStack, VMware, and even Docker (cSRX)."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"The virtualization feature is the most valuable feature. Sometimes customers are requesting a private connection using mobile data when they are connecting to remote sites."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"Bandwidth Management and aggregation. It is valuable for combining two ISPs. Switching to a secondary/redundant ISP is thus seamless, in the event that the primary ISP goes down. The Bandwidth Management is also valuable for limiting heavy downloaders that may impact negatively on the experience of other users."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"It was very difficult to deal with and required a lot of support, and the UI is very poor."
"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."
"I would like them to add a dashboard because it's difficult to operate."
"We purchased three devices and all three have been replaced under RMA."
"The GUI needs improvement."
"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."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"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."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"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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