We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, OPNsense, and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"What I like best about OPNsense is that, as a firewall, it's pretty good. I'm quite impressed with it. I had an excellent experience with OPNsense, which helped me achieve the targets I wanted."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"The solution has high availability."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"The VPN server feature is the most valuable. It is integrated with Radius and AAA for doing accounting and authentication. Insight view is also an important feature for me at this time. It allows me to assess our network traffic. I also like the firewall feature. The BSD kernel has a packet filter. It is one of the most solid frameworks for firewalls. Its user interface is one of the best interfaces I have used."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The port forwarding is good."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"Lacks training for new features."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"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."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
"The only thing that I would like to see improved is the Insight or the NetFlow analysis part. It would be good to have the possibility to dig down on the Insight platform. Right now, we can easily do only a few analyses. If this page becomes more powerful, it surely will be a well-adopted platform."
"I have problems with the email filtering. Emails pass through without any filtering affecting them. When I get back to them and tell them this is the issue, they check everything and say it is not in their database signature and they have to update it. But you know, by that time, my user has already opened it."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"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 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."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."