We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall 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."Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"We are using the Cisco AnyConnect for our end-user VPN with the ASA."
"ASA integrates with FirePOWER, IPS functionality, malware filtering, etc. This functionality wasn't there in the past. With its cloud architecture, Cisco can filter traffic at the engine layer. Evasive encryptions can be entered into the application, like BitTorrent or Skype. This wasn't possible to control through a traditional firewall."
"I like that Cisco Firepower NGFW Firewall is reliable. Support is also good."
"The security features are the most valuable. My customers find the security products very useful because nowadays there are many threats from the internet and other malicious users. The security products really help."
"If configured, Firepower provides us with application visibility and control."
"They provide DDoS protection and multi-factor authentication. That is a good option as it enables work-from-home functionality."
"The remote access, VPN, and ACL features are valuable. We are using role-based access for individuals."
"The most valuable feature is that the encryption is solid."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"In terms of features and user-friendliness, the solution is good. It’s very stable. The solution is scalable. In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. It has helped us manage the bandwidth."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"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."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"We only have an issue with time sync with Cisco ASA and NTP. If the time is out of sync, it will be a disaster for the failover."
"Multiple WAN connections: Even though you can implement more than one interface to outside connections, it is lacking on load balances, etc."
"The phishing emails could be improved."
"The stability could be better because we have a lot of issues with the stability of Cisco Firepower."
"There should be more integration with Microsoft Identity."
"The product would be improved if the GUI could be brought into the 21st Century."
"The only improvement that we could make is maybe [regarding] the roadmap, to have better visibility as to what we are targeting ahead in the next few quarters."
"I would like to see them add more next-generation features so that you don't need a lot of appliances to do just one task. It should be a single solution."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting 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."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"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."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos UTM, SonicWall NSa and Sophos XG. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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