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 feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"When compared to Palo Alto, Juniper is a better choice when it comes to the enterprise network and connectivity."
"Juniper has the "recovery safety feature", so if you perform a "commit confirmed" and the new configuration disconnects you. then there is no "confirmed" command with X mins (default = 10 mins). It automatically reverts (recovers) to the previous configuration. This is handy for when you do not want to make that trip down range just to reboot a router."
"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 CLI works perfectly."
"The IPS functionality of Juniper SRX is useful in the telecom industry."
"The most valuable features of the Juniper SRX Series Firewall are the user-friendly UI, and accessing the solution is simple."
"Technical support is perfect."
"We think they have a good interface, the operating system is good, it's robust. It has plenty of great features, and the relation between the cost and benefits works for our business."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"The performance has been good overall."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"Good user interface."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"The solution is quite advanced. You need a lot of training to use it effectively."
"The CPU switch could be improved for a better overall performance of traffic flow."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"Juniper SRX Series Firewall has to improve its web content site, like web filtration."
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"When I was going to upgrade the OS, the solution didn't accept certain USB devices."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"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 improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"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."
"It should have a better VPN client. We decided to find something different than Cyberoam because of the VPN client software. It would be nice to have a user interface not only in English but also in different languages."
"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."
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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