We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW 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."Its stability is the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"We make use of the new data center, specifically the containerized data center which is built and reviewed by Huawei, including all the device's infrastructure."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
"The product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"The port forwarding is good."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"Technical support is excellent."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"The support system could be improved."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"Web security solutions can be improved."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"The solution doesn't seem to be very mature. Our networking team says they are experiencing a lot of issues in the firewalls and some routers."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"Technical support could be faster."
"It isn't missing anything."
"I had an issue when I was trying to stop a user from using too much bandwidth while I was using Azure, I was not able to stop them."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"The following could be improved: Web Filtering using wildcards; clarity regarding the firewall rules; granular reporting features."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"The solution's pricing could be a problem for some small businesses."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Huawei NGFW writes "A scalable and easy-to-setup product that can be used to configure different policies for specific users". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos XG, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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