We performed a comparison between Hillstone CloudEdge and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very 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."
"Bandwidth Management and aggregation. It is valuable for combining two ISPs. Switching to a secondary/redundant ISP is thus seamless, in the event that the primary ISP goes down. The Bandwidth Management is also valuable for limiting heavy downloaders that may impact negatively on the experience of other users."
"There are plenty of features that are valuable in the Sophos Cyberoam UTM. We use all the features, such as email Security, firewall rules, web server security, web devices, web protection."
"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 most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"The firewall feature has different branches, such as extended firewalls."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is the SD-WAN gateway."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"FortiLink is the interface on the firewall that allows you to extend switch management across all of your switches in the network. The problem with it is that you can't use multiple interfaces unless you set them up in a lag. Only then you can run them. So, it forces you to use a core type of switch to propagate that management out to the rest of the switches, and then it is running the case at 200. It leaves you with 18 ports on the firewall because it is also a layer-three router that could also be used as a switch, but as soon as you do that, you can't really use them. They could do a little bit more clean up in the way the stacking interface works. Some use cases and the documentation on the FortiLink checking interface are a little outdated. I can find stuff on version 5 or more, but it is hard to find information on some of the newer firmware. The biggest thing I would like to see is some improvement in the switch management feature. I would like to be able to relegate some of the ports, which are on the firewall itself, to act as a switch to take advantage of those ports. Some of these firewalls have clarity ports on them. If I can use those, it would mean that I need to buy two less switches, which saves time. I get why they don't, but I would still like to see it because it would save a little bit of space in the server rack."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
"There is a lot or room for improvement, because it is still not a fourth or fifth generation firewall. It lacks security features."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM has room for improvement in specific rules-based objects and redesign. The solution also needs to improve in adding rules and policies, including renewing and finding policies."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"The setup is a bit complex, so we needed help from a consultant."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Hillstone CloudEdge 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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