We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."Good load balancing feature."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The most valuable features are the User ID, URL filtering, and application filtering."
"We have reduced the number of configuration lines by 90%. We need fewer number of admins right now because of it."
"The solution enables organizations to enforce policies."
"The most valuable feature is the Posture Assessment."
"It has a good performance which helps you with the stability of your virtual environment."
"We use the product on our Azure network firewalls."
"It is nice to have a rock solid security platform that we can count on."
"The product provides more visibility into our traffic."
"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."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
"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."
"Technical support is excellent."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM is used for perimeter security, web filtering, intrusion prevention and as a VPN."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Lacks training for new features."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"The product's AIOps process needs improvement."
"The product could provide protection above Layer 3, which gets into the application layer and provides better visibility into those aspects of application security."
"Integrative capabilities with other solutions should be addressed."
"There could be dynamic DNS features similar to Fortinet in the product."
"I would like to have automatic daily reporting, such as how many users have connected via SSL VPN."
"Palo Alto should update their documentation to make it more readable and provide easier-to-follow instructions through videos."
"Palo Alto is that it is really bad when it comes to technical support."
"We have run into some issues with scaling and limitations associated with some of the configurations."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"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 price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Palo Alto Networks VM-Series vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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