We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The SSL VPN is fee for use is most attractive."
"All networks are security-driven, we get throughputs and security. We feel that the people at Fortinet are easy to deal with from a support standpoint. If they need to jump in and help us, they're very willing to do that. Their email filtering, their data loss prevention, their intrusion prevention, type of products in the newest OSs has been outstanding."
"It's easy to use."
"For ten to 12 years it has been quite secure."
"The fact that is it has a UTM, a Unified Threat Management feature is the most valuable aspect for us. It's an all in one product. It's like our one-stop-shop to the internet."
"The interface is good."
"It is more robust than SonicWall, particularly on the VPN from site to site."
"The most important feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the IPS."
"The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
"The solution is easy to use."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Web application filtering eases internet access control."
"The most valuable features are the firewall section, the VPN, and how you control live users."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"The support system could be improved."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"There is some room for improvement in the support."
"FortiOS's bandwidth and interface could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiOS's integration could be improved."
"The technical support is good. However, during the holidays they can get a little slow to respond."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing models. With the way they are structured, everything is very disparate and sold separately, and, depending on the solution, it can get quite pricey."
"Their first-level support is often poorly trained."
"It could more scalable for the lower end users."
"While it is a solid solution, there are some product limitations which exclude it from deployment in some situations."
"The documentation is not straightforward."
"It isn't missing anything."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could have a more advanced reporting function."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"Needs a mail alert/notification when the device loses any of its connections, during ISP redundancy implementation."
"The reporting part could be more user-friendly for troubleshooting and identifying network issues. It should be more easy for a normal user to identify the problem in their network."
"It is not a scalable product. This is because if you want to increase the capacity of the solution, then you have to change the device."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Darktrace, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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