We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure 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.
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"Cisco Secure Firewall's security solutions, advanced malware protection, and DDoS communication are very good."
"The initial setup was not complex."
"We are using the Cisco AnyConnect for our end-user VPN with the ASA."
"Cisco ASA provides us with very good application visibility and control."
"Among the top features are integrated threat defence and the fact that each virtual appliance is separate so you get great granular control."
"We chose Cisco because it had the full package that we were looking for."
"AnyConnect has been very helpful, along with the ability to use LDAP for authentication."
"It's a flexible solution and is well-known in the community."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"The tool is stable."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"Good user interface."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"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."
"I would like to see the inclusion of more advanced antivirus features in the next release of this solution."
"Its user interface is good, but it could be better. Currently, you have to know what to do before you can manage a device. If you don't know what to do, you can mess things up. There are some devices that are easier, such as FortiGate. The user interface of FortiGate is more intuitive. It is very easy to log in and configure things."
"It can be improved when it comes to monitoring. Today, the logs from the firewalls could be improved a bit more without integrating with other devices."
"FMC could be improved because management with FMC is quite difficult compared to using Firepower web-based management."
"The cost is very high. Most organizations cannot afford it."
"Integration aspects and traffic shaping need improvement."
"10Gb interfaces should be available on more models."
"In today's world, cyberattacks have become a common occurrence. However, so far, we have not faced any issues with our systems. I hope the situation remains the same in the future. If Cisco introduces even more advanced security measures, it would be beneficial."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"It is not a scalable product. This is because if you want to increase the capacity of the solution, then you have to change the device."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The solution had a feature to import users from a CSV file. However, the latest version does not have that option."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"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."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Untangle NG Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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