We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The payment function for applications is good."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"vSRX is easy to deploy to any virtual infrastructure, such as OpenStack, VMware, and even Docker (cSRX)."
"The scalability is fine."
"The command line in Juniper SRX is extremely powerful, in my opinion. It's one of the best command lines I've used in networking products."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"It's easily scalable."
"It protects from distributed denial-of-service attacks with Screen Options."
"The solution's stability is very good."
"It'sa very secure device, it has good attack prevention capabilities using UTM."
"We have never had to restart a firewall. The firewalls have all worked perfectly fine."
"The port forwarding is good."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The product has helped control bandwidth utilization, as well as enhanced connectivity and security to remote locations."
"It has been working fine. You just turn it on, and it works."
"The performance has been good overall."
"There are plenty of features available, such as Full Guard and WAN."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"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."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"Improvements can be made to the GUI. The GUI can be improved by creating policies to handle IPS requirements. The configuration should be a one-step process. This would make it easier to complete the setup to register the time of operation."
"To compare with Fortinet, Juniper needs to improve their security features."
"We purchased three devices and all three have been replaced under RMA."
"The GUI needs improvement."
"The reporting is lacking."
"The product only has basic features."
"The visibility/reporting could be better. To see something, you have to export the log to a syslog and then process with another product."
"In the next release, I would like to have a better web interface. It needs to be more user-friendly. Right now, you can only access many features through the console."
"The product strategy of the manufacturer is strange. I don't understand what they are doing in that regard."
"Its scalability is not that great."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"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."
"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."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 4th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 86 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Sophos XG and Untangle NG Firewall. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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