We performed a comparison between Check Point Power-1 [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The VPN allows users to connect remotely and securely."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"The dashboard is very good-looking and offers maximum features. If a customer's website has a problem, we can guide them over the phone because they can easily find the specific option on the dashboard. That's why we suggest buying Sophos."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"I like Sophos Cyberoam UTM as a security component or device for organizations. Performance-wise, it's a satisfactory solution, and it works okay. It also has good features."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"Multi-factor authentication would have been a plus in security at the time."
"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."
"We use different workarounds and find different solutions for it, depending on the client's needs. We shouldn't have to, we should just be able to use the product as it comes with Cyberoam, rather than having to revert to other products."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"The Traffic Discovery feature should allow administrators to disconnect unnecessary live connections."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
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Check Point Power-1 [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls with 2 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Check Point Power-1 [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Power-1 [EOL] writes "Good intrusion prevention, firewall, and VPN 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 Power-1 [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG.
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