We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Sophos 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."The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The product has valuable features for business intelligence."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"The security is very good."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"We are able to filter a lot of traffic especially when a lot of the traffic is in layer 7."
"The VPN connection portal scan works flawlessly, which was a big plus for us."
"The solution can scale."
"The most valuable feature is the price. I've been requesting prices all over these years between different solutions like Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point and Sophos has been the cheapest and the best of all of them that I have tried. I have been working with Fortinet, it's a fact that the price is surprisingly better."
"The initial configuration is straightforward thanks to the web GUI. In 30 minutes, you can have a running firewall with UTM protection enabled."
"The stability of Sophos UTM is very good. The solution has been stable since Sophos took over Cyberoam which was the original company providing this solution."
"It is a stable product... I rate the solution's technical support a nine out of ten...The initial setup is quite easy because they have all the information on their website."
"The initial setup was easy."
"Sophos integrates seamlessly, and we don't even feel it is running in the background."
"The isolation of infected machines is a big feature. Also, the ability to detect external sources that change files on a file server is really big."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"The scalability could be better."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"The pricing is the only con for this product."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"In the security portfolio from Cisco, the issue is marketing. Cisco is still seen primarily as an enterprise network player rather than being acknowledged as a security vendor."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"We cannot directly upgrade the system. The tool's deployment is also very difficult in legacy environments. The tool needs to have bigger ports as well."
"The virus updates will always depend on new viruses that are discovered. Maybe they can send a notification or a reminder for update time."
"The classification segregation of applications lacks sufficient definition."
"The interface configuration could be improved."
"There is still room for improvement in wireless protection. I don't mean their WiFi device is bad, but there are still things to improve on, such as WiFi roaming."
"The reporting could improve by providing information on where, or from which device attacks are coming from. We are already given the country where the attack is coming from but more information would be beneficial."
"The memory and processing were problematic. The interface could be better."
"It is a pretty straightforward setup, but it should be some sort of documentation that takes you step-by-step to help set it up for your VPC."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Sophos UTM report.
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