We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"Web and content filtering are valuable in preventing people from abusing the network and pushing up the bandwidth price."
"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."
"I find Sophos Cyberoam UTM very good. I like the feature of being able to block off Mac IDs that host users. For example, you have a Mac or Windows laptop and you created a hotspot. Other devices like mobiles and tablets e.g. iPads connected to that hotspot. We can block those devices that connected to the hotspot we created, only through Sophos. It's a good feature we didn't find in other UTMs."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"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."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"There needs to be more documentation that users can access to help them understand the solution or troubleshoot as necessary."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"Network visibility is an area in the solution with shortcomings where improvements can be made."
"I don't know whether this will be included in an upgrade, but I would like to get the user utility, like seeing where the users are using more of the data."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"The solution should improve its scalability because it cannot support enterprise networks."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] 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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