We performed a comparison between Sophos Cyberoam UTM and Sophos XG 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."It is quite easy to handle."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"The solution is easy to use."
"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."
"The product is worth the investment."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"SD-WAN and IPSec features are valuable to me."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"Each user has the ability to manage the solution."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It's a complete firewall solution that has everything."
"Overall the solution works well."
"I like the web filter, application filter, and VBA."
"The solution offers a good firewall endpoint and email encryption."
"My clients gain efficiency in protecting against attacks from malware such as ransomware and hacker attacks. It also provides them efficient internet access control, and full visibility of ports, applications, and websites."
"The firewall feature of Sophos XG has been the most effective for threat prevention."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"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."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"The technical support response time could be faster."
"What needs improvement in Sophos Cyberoam UTM is openness in the competition among Sophos partners or any other Sophos product. Another area for improvement in the solution is pricing. It could be cheaper."
"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 configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"I would like to see in future releases a tool to scan for malicious packets and give the location of where they are coming from."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
"Its price should be improved. It should be cheaper."
"The VPN is in need of improvement."
"The support service level agreement in regard to the amount of time needed to upgrade things is too low. It should be higher."
"I would like to see the performance improved."
"The SD-WAN capability is not as good as it is in FortiGate, and is something that should be improved."
"We feel that the GUI can be improved a bit because it has a lot of information and looks a bit outdated."
Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Untangle NG Firewall, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Sophos Cyberoam UTM vs. Sophos XG report.
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