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Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] vs Sophos Cyberoam UTM comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point UTM-1 [EOL]
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sophos Cyberoam UTM
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Unified Threat Management (UTM) (10th)
 

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William Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ITQS
Great firewalls, VPN, and Intrusion prevention capabilities
Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management. Another point is to improve the technical support provided by Check Point UTM-1. Although the company offers different standards, including basic and premium, by mail and by telephone, they present a very large deficiency in the time it takes to comply with the provisions of the SLA. Coordinating a meeting is complicated by the schedules. The documentation should also be improved by having it unified.
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Global IT Manager at Express KItchen
Has transitioned fully to SD-WAN and centralized management simplifies appliance handling
As for areas where Sophos Cyberoam UTM can be improved, it's hard to say; I have not at the moment seen anything that I could not get a solution for, but if there's anything, I'll make sure to raise that with the Sophos team. Regarding the documentation, I find that it is still lacking, although the YouTube videos, user training, and knowledge forum are now better than they were before. Sophos Cyberoam UTM should move in the direction of AI capabilities, as the world is moving toward AI. Sophos Cyberoam UTM is not promoted enough. I see FortiGates organizing student competitions and Cisco doing CCNA classes, so Sophos should follow that route as well.

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Pros

"Firewalls help us a lot in controlling traffic on our network and preventing unauthorized access."
"The filtering was very good."
"As a security information analyst, it helps me to see information in a very clear way."
"The solution came to give us an elimination of having independent products such as antivirus firewalls and all the types of applications that were previously used for this type of content filtering, and now it is a single solution."
"It safeguards against cyber attacks."
"This product is very good for the investment."
"The most outstanding feature is being able to centralize each of the functions in a single device."
"The most important features are performance and ease of management."
"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 interface is user-friendly."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Unified Threat Management System is an elite product which has been engineered for security, productivity, and connectivity to users across the wide area and local area networks."
"The product's most valuable features include comprehensive bandwidth management and secure end-to-end VPN connections."
"The tool is stable."
"The performance has been good overall."
"All these features are valuable to us because we can block malicious and unproductive application and sites to improve productivity and security in our network, audit users and machines and protect us against exploitation."
 

Cons

"Specifically on the user experience, sometimes the set up of things, such as the VPN SSL, takes a lot of time to load and a lot of time to get up and running on every session."
"Customer Service: Horrible. It takes them days, sometimes weeks, until they try to help, and then they don't help enough."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"As we don't have a representative of Check Point supplier in our country, this makes it very difficult when we have some issues to resolve."
"The interface needs improvement."
"Technical support was very bad because the supplier who sold it to us, wasn't very supportive, and he wouldn't giving us direct links to the OEM."
"The solution should be more user-friendly."
"The physical memory is insufficient for installing policies and some other operations."
"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."
"Sophos VPN connectivity could be improved, as it can be lengthy, and users take longer to connect"
"The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
"There are times when the device gets too hot and begins to misbehave."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"Its costs are high."
"It should have a better VPN client. We decided to find something different than Cyberoam because of the VPN client software. It would be nice to have a user interface not only in English but also in different languages."
"The implementation policy needs improvment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is too high."
"This cost is between 3,000 and 5,000 euros per year, so some other solutions are cheaper and the pricing should be improved."
"It is more expensive than cheap routers, but it offers a lot of functionality, and that warrants the price."
"Cost-wise, Sophos Cyberoam UTM is a good solution. Customers don't collapse upon hearing the price for it. My company pays for the license of Sophos Cyberoam UTM annually."
"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."
"It’s value for the money. It’s functionally competitive with higher priced alternative brands."
"I have no comment about the pricing."
"There is a license for this solution and it is priced competitively. We paid approximately $2,000 for the license."
"There is a license required for this solution and we are on a three-year contract. I am satisfied with the price."
"I rate Cyberoam's pricing a five or six out of ten since it is affordable."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
18%
Marketing Services Firm
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business49
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise17
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos Cyberoam UTM?
The price is appropriate, but if you want the real truth, it's actually quite expensive. The annual software licensing is reasonably pricey, with probably about four years' license annual.
What needs improvement with Sophos Cyberoam UTM?
There is room for improvement when it comes to their features and architectures they're trying to implement that they can't directly help with. But by and large, it's actually relatively good. More...
What is your primary use case for Sophos Cyberoam UTM?
I do work with clients that use both Cisco and Sophos products. My work is mostly with firewalls, storages, switches, and routers.
 

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