We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The solution can scale well."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"It performs very well."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"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."
"It is very easy to use."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"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."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"It should have better VPN protection. Some of the VPN applications are not blocked by this firewall. Some VPNs are able to get through this firewall, which is why I am planning to replace this firewall with a good one in the near future."
"It isn't missing anything."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"Maybe network traffic analysis for malware and malicious behavior."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Check Point NGFW, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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