We performed a comparison between Sophos Cyberoam UTM and Sophos XG 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."Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The product is worth the investment."
"It is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"The product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"It's a complete firewall solution that has everything."
"The solution seems pretty stable. We've had no issues so far."
"What we found valuable is the way they deal with emails, as well as the way the bandwidth usage is shown."
"One feature of Sophos XG that I found incredibly beneficial for threat prevention is its endpoint protection."
"The most valuable features are the central management, the user VPN, and communications."
"Easy to deploy and user friendly."
"The simplicity of the setup is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is flexibility."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"The implementation policy needs improvment."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"When it comes to web filtering and application filtering, it does not contain enough signatures to determine all of the sites that need to be blocked."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"Technical support can be slow to respond, which is something that should be improved."
"I would like to have a more efficient login process."
"The GUI and support could be better. I think there are other products that we are going to deploy instead of Sophos. We have already upgraded a month ago because the interfaces and support for Sophos are really weak. But other products like Juniper, Cisco, or FortiGate are better than Sophos. It's also complicated, and the end-user or client does not understand it."
"The product's technical support services could be better."
"An area of improvement would be the reporting as diagnostic graphs take a long time to load and refresh. If there could be an option to show only select graphs, it may speed up the graphics."
"I would like to have more artificial intelligence in the web monitoring service that comes with it. It should alert us when particular events happen. It has already got some of that. I know that it is more of a service, and Sophos is already looking at it. It is called SIEM."
"When you are using it as a controller for the wireless access points, it doesn't perform well. It is not suitable for the public cloud. It is more suitable for enterprise data. It is not really the equipment for cloud data centers. I am looking for a data center firewall."
"In feature releases of the solution, I would like there to be an increase in the detection capability."
Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Untangle NG Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Sophos Cyberoam UTM vs. Sophos XG report.
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