We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen 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."The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"Its stability and SD-WAN features are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, URL filtering, IPS, and virus scanning."
"They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"Its ability to block incoming attacks is valuable. Its logging, traffic monitoring, and VPN capabilities are also valuable."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"The main features I have found best are the load balancer and ease of use."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"Web and content filtering are valuable in preventing people from abusing the network and pushing up the bandwidth price."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM is used for perimeter security, web filtering, intrusion prevention and as a VPN."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"If you have another brand of VPN where you have to put an SSL VPN between two devices, Barracuda doesn't support that at a certain point. You can't actually build the VPN between Barracuda and a different device of a different brand."
"The technical manuals, at times, have images that don't match the actual screens and are not always as clear as they could be on the configuration."
"To start working with spam, it takes a while because the product has to see that multiple emails are coming in with all the spam. If it could reduce that amount of time, then we would reduce the amount of users who are receiving spam."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"When you do any commit, it locks your next access. If you are making a change to the device, from the security standpoint it's fine, but from the admin side it's not good. When you make changes, after each and every one it becomes locked."
"The analytics are weak."
"It's a little bit complex in terms of handling. If you implement a change, there is a specific point where you have to commit it. It's not like you just push a button and it's always committed. If you don't know to check whether your commit command has been executed or not... that is something Barracuda needs to work on."
"Maybe network traffic analysis for malware and malicious behavior."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"What needs improvement in Sophos Cyberoam UTM is openness in the competition among Sophos partners or any other Sophos product. Another area for improvement in the solution is pricing. It could be cheaper."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"Its scalability is not that great."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM and Azure Firewall, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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