We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW 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 features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"It performs very well."
"It provides access to the Internet for corporate resources in a secure manner."
"They utilize various gateway features, including Identity as a Service (IDaaS), anti-spam, antivirus, and other security measures, effectively creating a robust defense against a wide range of potential risks."
"There are several ways to implement it."
"Check Point offers excellent security."
"I use it as well as a VM. We use it a lot because we have all fiber optic connections, so we could use almost all of that. The federation is beautiful because I can transfer all traffic to my main site where I can use just one link to the internet, and I can use it as a proxy as well. It is good to keep control and security."
"Even though Check Point NGFW provides a set of security features that enforce protection on the network, the most valuable aspect is also the most used feature: the plain and simple firewall component. This is the core of the product and works to a great extent without the need for all other available bells and whistles."
"HTTP forwarding is something I haven't seen elsewhere."
"The event logs are relatively informative and can provide information on why traffic was accepted or rejected."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"The dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The presentation of the reports need to be more user-friendly."
"There is room for improvement in application-based filtering, as with other firewalls available in the market today."
"This product has room for improvement in technical support for Africa."
"Check Point Smart Dashboard does not support my Apple MacBook Air. It only supports Windows versions."
"With the increase of volume of traffic, the required resource/hardware to properly run goes up. Therefore, the hardware engineering to architecture flow has to be more efficient."
"Error logs can be more specific."
"The level and availability of training should be improved."
"I hope for product simplification. It would be better to use one security console, instead of many of them (for licensing and monitoring). The solution is hard for newcomers and takes much time to deep in. Also, I want a historical graph for throughput and system resources usage. Maybe it will be great to make easy step-by-step installation and configuration cookbooks as Fortinet did, and integrate the documentation within the solution."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"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 solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
Check Point NGFW doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 279 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Azure Firewall, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos UTM and SonicWall NSa. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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