We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW 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 pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"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."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"We can easily check firewall configurations against any compliance standard."
"The product is very scalable."
"Check Point NGFW provides essential security, featuring no-obligation access for secure connections, strong intrusion prevention, and comprehensive antivirus protection."
"They have very good support. In critical scenarios, they provide us very quick solutions, are very well-trained, and have a good knowledge about the product. That is what we expect from them."
"Its usability is the best for me. As compared to Palo Alto, Juniper, or Cisco firewalls, Check Point firewall has the best user interface for management, reading logs, looking for some objects, and looking for policies."
"Check Point has an awesome price-to-benefit ratio, netting you an awesome throughput of IDS/IPS capability compared to Palo Alto, Cisco, and so on."
"One of the most advantageous features of Check Point firewall is its multi-interface capability."
"Check Point has a centralized console that makes it possible to manage all the deployed equipment. It also has a built-in VPN service that lets users connect through VPN to our organization, which facilitates teleworking while cutting off unauthorized access to the organization's internal network."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"We are using it as a security shield. It does not allow access before that in case we have restricted a few things from users, so it helps me in that."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"It could be easier to access the installation of the Hostfix for VSX solutions. The CLI commands help us understand how virtual firewalls behave in terms of processor, memory, and other aspects. More graphic visualizations of CPUSE commands would be a welcome improvement, and Check Point could expand scripts to run within the solution for multiple tasks."
"It will be good if the product is rack-mounted."
"The upgrade is something we would like to be improved in the future as the frequency of hotfixes is too much, and by the time we finish the one round, we already have the new version released and are required to upgrade."
"One feature I have yet to see implemented is authenticated email support for alerts generated via the GW or SMS."
"Check Point can scale but at times we have experienced some issues."
"The antivirus is not as effective as it could be because updates are not that frequent."
"At the moment it is not easy to configure some VPN S2S in Check Point."
"It would be best if the security management server console access is simpler for ease of management."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"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."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"Once in a while, an unwanted email will slip in. You have to set your parameters to avoid that happening, but once in a while, an email has slipped past firewall. Once you update the firmware, you notice that it doesn't happen. If an email slips in, I get a little bit worried. I do get the report, but you just don't want that situation happening in the first place."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 275 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense 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 Check Point NGFW vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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