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."We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM is used for perimeter security, web filtering, intrusion prevention and as a VPN."
"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."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The tool is stable."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"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."
"Content filtering and intrusion prevention are most valuable. Our customers are fully satisfied with the performance of Sophos. It has all the features that they require in a firewall."
"My clients gain efficiency in protecting against attacks from malware such as ransomware and hacker attacks. It also provides them efficient internet access control, and full visibility of ports, applications, and websites."
"Web filtering is easy enough to deploy, manage, or make exceptions to."
"There are many features. VPN, firewalling, and intrusion detection are the main features that are most useful for us at this time."
"The product has a console that is based in the cloud for all their products. In this console, they have email security, firewall security, endpoint security, et cetera. All of the products on offer in the console are very useful for us."
"The VPN features and its capabilities are great."
"The SD-WAN feature stands out as the most valuable aspect."
"The performance is good."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"I would say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
"I had an issue when I was trying to stop a user from using too much bandwidth while I was using Azure, I was not able to stop them."
"Technical support could be faster."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"It would be beneficial if the platform provided more flexible support for a variety of devices."
"Recently, I've had a problem with updating things."
"They should improve the hardware. If they can do that, it will be a very good product."
"We feel that the GUI can be improved a bit because it has a lot of information and looks a bit outdated."
"When upgrading the firewalls, the process could be easier."
"The support from the vendor needs to be improved."
"The VPN has been a persistent problem for us. It's not straightforward to configure."
"I would like to have remote access to clients using a static IP for a certain period of time."
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 Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos UTM and Untangle NG Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Sophos Cyberoam UTM vs. Sophos XG report.
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