We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"The interface is very good."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"Performance-wise, I think FortiOS is much better than its Juniper counterpart. Based on our actual experience and performance metrics, FortiOS-based products are much better than Juniper."
"I have found the most valuable features to be the policies, cache, and the SD-WAN."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS network segregation, UTM, and antivirus, freight management protection, such as DDoS. Additionally, the CLI and the GUI are easy to use. The architecture makes sense, and the command in the CLI are organized well. They have quite a lot of features are easy to use, and are user-friendly. Any novice can use Fortinet FortiOS without an issue."
"Has a very simple OS and a good price point."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"FortiGate as a product is very easy to configure."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is the only solution that currently offers VPN for clients."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"The solution's web filtering is an important feature for us in our company."
"The solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good. The tool is highly stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is good. We chose Sophos Cyberoam UTM because their focus on security research is higher compared to other brands. It's an all-in-one solution with antivirus, EDR, wireless protection, and web protection integrated into one box. The initial setup was straightforward."
"The tool is stable."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"In terms of features and user-friendliness, the solution is good. It’s very stable. The solution is scalable. In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. It has helped us manage the bandwidth."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"The complexity of the VPNs should be improved."
"Fortinet FortiOS need to manage its memory and CPU utilization better. It peaks at times, which sometimes can be challenging."
"I can only compare it with SonicWall, and it is missing many advanced features that SonicWall has."
"The reporting and monitoring could improve, they have a lot of limitations. The monitoring is not easy compared to the other firewall."
"Fortinet FortiOS is stable. However, last month we had an issue with a released patch. We had to receive another update to fix the firewall issue consuming all of the resources. The patches should be tested more before going into circulation."
"There is no flexibility."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"Technical support could be better. Some competitors have much more responsive support teams."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
"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."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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