We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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."This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The solution can scale well."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"It is a complete package, and it has complete offerings. It fit the needs, and our customer is happy with it."
"The technical support is very good."
"It's very easy to set up, even for more junior developers."
"The most valuable features are locking applications from in and out of my test network and testing malware on different devices. I use malware detection, antivirus, and basic firewall policies to check for different types of security breaches. The UI is really nice and easy to use."
"The ROI is good since I get free support."
"The policies are very valuable. They allow me to secure and manage future traffic effectively."
"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues at all while using the product."
"The solution is very easy to set up. It doesn't take a lot of time and offers a quick deployment, so you can start using it almost right away."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"The port forwarding is good."
"I'm more inclined towards the conventional firewall. So for me, I'm more geared towards the standard firewall type functionalities as well as the web application firewall because that seems to work fine."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The key activation is very complicated at times."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"Data backup functionality could be included in the product."
"The solution is fairly complex."
"One thing that can be better is added automation. And, on top of that, enhanced security when it comes to the automation itself."
"They could provide more integration options with different platforms."
"It is difficult to size the VM in terms of machine resources, and for this reason, clients prefer the appliance."
"New versions are complicated with a big configuration."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"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."
"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 product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
"The solution is at its end of life and some of the appliances are finishing."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos UTM and SonicWall NSa. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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