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 solution is very user-friendly."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"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 SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"It uses many applications, like antivirus blocking and web filtering."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"Juniper is one of the most powerful network security solutions while remaining simple to use, set up, and scale."
"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."
"I've found the security features, such as IDS and the VPN most valuable."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"The technical support is quite good."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"The VPN is excellent on the solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"The product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"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 should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The setup process should be improved."
"We tried configuring the IDS for more than four months, but it did not work properly."
"The user interface is something that Juniper needs to improve."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"The user interface and the GUI need improvement."
"The training videos that are available need to be improved, and made more educative."
"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/"
"We use different workarounds and find different solutions for it, depending on the client's needs. We shouldn't have to, we should just be able to use the product as it comes with Cyberoam, rather than having to revert to other products."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"Sometimes, during part of the configuration, if you don't have a lot of technical knowledge, then you may struggle a bit to configure it."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
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 Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, SonicWall NSa and Sophos XG. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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