We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall 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 anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"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."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"Among the most valuable features are the DDoS protection that protects your virtual machines, the threat intelligence, and traffic filtering."
"The solution should be capable of self-scaling, which is one of the features we like about it."
"Great security and connectivity."
"Microsoft's technical support is very good. They're quite knowledgable and responsive."
"All its features are good. That's why we recommend it."
"The firewall policy control, URL content control, and antivirus are all the most valuable aspects. Threat prevention is as well quite good."
"It's helped us improve our security posture."
"I like its order management feature. It doesn't have the kind of threat intelligence that Palo Alto has, but the order management makes it much simpler to know the difference."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"The product is a simple and user-friendly UTM that can handle accounting, reporting, firewall, IPS, and antivirus for industries."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"The user interface is well laid out and understandable."
"The solution has good load balancers."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"The solution is very expensive."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The threat intelligence part could be better. I don't see why our customers have to get an additional solution with Azure Firewall. It would be great if they made it on par with Palo Alto."
"We find it's different implementing it region-to-region. It might help if it was universal across all regions."
"Azure Firewall definitely needs a broader feature base. It should be able to go all the way up to layer 7 when looking at applications and things like that."
"The interface could be improved, it's not very user friendly."
"This solution is not mature when it comes to handling perimeter traffic like internet browsing."
"For larger enterprises, they need to adjust the scalability."
"The threat intelligence aspect of this particular firewall is not at par with other providers."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"The product’s pricing has increased by approximately 45% in four months. This particular area needs improvement."
"I have problems with the email filtering. Emails pass through without any filtering affecting them. When I get back to them and tell them this is the issue, they check everything and say it is not in their database signature and they have to update it. But you know, by that time, my user has already opened it."
"The solution's pricing could be a problem for some small businesses."
"The VPN is an area that can be improved."
"The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
"Cyberoam configuration is done through the browser, which is one of the places that viruses spread."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
Azure Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 33 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Netgate pfSense, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Azure Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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