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."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 ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"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."
"The product is worth the investment."
"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."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"Technical support is excellent."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"The most valuable features are its nice interfaces and configuration. The endpoint is also very good."
"The SL VPNs are the most valuable feature. I have a lot of systems out of the head office that need to connect to the local networks, and they all connect wirelessly via the Sophos VPN client."
"The installation is easy. There is a wizard that can be used for a single connection making it simple and if you have multiple connections you can configure it manually."
"The product offers many great features."
"The most valuable feature is web filtering."
"I like it for its simplicity. It is very simple to configure and implement. It is a very good product for medium-sized organizations."
"I like the functionality and the user interface."
"The antivirus features are valuable."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The pricing could always be better."
"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."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"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."
"The solution had a feature to import users from a CSV file. However, the latest version does not have that option."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"The data support response time should be improved."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements to simplify the interface and more policy deployments."
"I would like the update process to be easier, to update the firmware of the boxes. I think it's much better automatically than having to do it manually: Download the file, do network discovery. I they can make the update process much more automatic that would help."
"We are having challenges when using Zoom with Sophos XG deployed."
"The user interface could be better."
"Their tech support is not great."
"The VPN device could be improved upon."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
"Sophos needs improvements made to the console, such as host entry or defining rules directly from it."
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 Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and OPNsense, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Sophos Cyberoam UTM vs. Sophos XG report.
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