We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen 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."It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"It's very easy to configure."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"Easy integration with some other systems like LDAP or Active Directory to manage other permissions and the division of external access and internal access."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"I think Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is one of the most advanced firewall platforms. I also like that it's easy to get top-level support right away. You get that security, and if you make a mistake, it doesn't break."
"Single device, multiple functions - I do not need to purchase a web application firewall, a proxy server, a VPN device and so many others because these are all built in to this one device."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"The solution is stable."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"The port forwarding is good."
"The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
"You can geofence yourself if there is an incoming attack or a continuous ping from a company outside your country."
"All in one UTM appliance."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"The solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good. The tool is highly stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is good. We chose Sophos Cyberoam UTM because their focus on security research is higher compared to other brands. It's an all-in-one solution with antivirus, EDR, wireless protection, and web protection integrated into one box. The initial setup was straightforward."
"The tool is stable."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"The technical manuals, at times, have images that don't match the actual screens and are not always as clear as they could be on the configuration."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The usability for the administrator's experience needs improvement. My system administrator has some questions about its overall connectivity and flexibility."
"If you have another brand of VPN where you have to put an SSL VPN between two devices, Barracuda doesn't support that at a certain point. You can't actually build the VPN between Barracuda and a different device of a different brand."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"In my experience the solution can be easier to configure with more documentation, we need more training."
"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 product needs to improve its pricing."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
"Cyberoam UTM needs to have more certifications with third-parties, such as NSS Labs."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure 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 Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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