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."FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"Good load balancing feature."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"The product offers very good security."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The feature my customers find the most valuable is the exportability."
"The return on investment is not going to be restricted to just the box... Now, these genres have been expanded to cyber, to third-party integrations, having integrated logging, having integrated micro and macro segmentations. The scope has been widened, so the ROI, eventually, has multiplied."
"I have found the stability of this solution really good. This is why I use it."
"It is extremely stable I would say — at least after you deploy it."
"Previously, our customers had to always utilize hand-to-hand delivery. Now, they are able to move completely to a secure digital method. They use a strictly dark fiber optics connection from a central location to the endpoint."
"It is a very user-friendly product."
"ASDM provides GUI for configurations. The ASDM has made configuring ASA easy. No need to memorize CLI commands."
"An efficient, easy to deploy and dependable firewall solution."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"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."
"The product is worth the investment."
"The security capabilities are okay."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"it is not very user-friendly for the administration."
"It could use a web-based portal for VPN. Earlier they had it in the ASA model, but currently they don't have it."
"It would be better if we could manage all of our firewalls as a set rather than individually. I would like to see a single pane of glass type of option. We also use another vendor's firewalls and they have a centralized management infrastructure that we have implemented. This infrastructure is a bit easier to manage."
"Cisco ASA Firewall could improve by adding more advanced features such as web filtering, which is available in the next-generation firewalls. However, the Cisco ASA Firewall I am using could be old and these features have been updated."
"I would like the ability to drill down into certain reports because currently, that cannot be done."
"While this applies to all vendors, pricing can be always lower. In my opinion, Cisco is the most expensive. The pricing can be reduced."
"It integrates with other security products from Cisco, but sometimes, there can be glitches or errors."
"The ASA needs to incorporate the different modules you have to integrate to achieve UTM functions, especially for small businesses."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"The reporting part could be more user-friendly for troubleshooting and identifying network issues. It should be more easy for a normal user to identify the problem in their network."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"Technical support could be faster."
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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