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."UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"The interface is very good."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"The solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good. The tool is highly stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is good. We chose Sophos Cyberoam UTM because their focus on security research is higher compared to other brands. It's an all-in-one solution with antivirus, EDR, wireless protection, and web protection integrated into one box. The initial setup was straightforward."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"Bandwidth Management and aggregation. It is valuable for combining two ISPs. Switching to a secondary/redundant ISP is thus seamless, in the event that the primary ISP goes down. The Bandwidth Management is also valuable for limiting heavy downloaders that may impact negatively on the experience of other users."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"It needs more available central management."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"Technical support could be faster."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
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 WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos UTM and SonicWall NSa. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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