We performed a comparison between Perimeter 81 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."The technical support in our region is excellent."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"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."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"Our operators can work from home without any problems."
"Perimeter 81 provides a very secure and non-disruptive experience."
"The setup is really easy...I rate the support team a ten out of ten."
"The ease of use not only translates to quick adoption rates - it also ensures that our employees remain compliant with our cybersecurity protocols, enhancing the overall security posture of our organization."
"Logging back into Perimeter 81 is relatively user-friendly as I just need to re-type my Windows credentials in to access the VPN."
"Distributing the agent was very simple, allowing us to enforce security posture on our devices (i.e. S1, Disk-encryption, etc.)."
"It is a scalable solution."
"Scaling Perimeter 81 was easy to do."
"The most valuable feature is the IPSec forwarding."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"Our customers find it economical and offers good security. These two features are key. Ease of installation and implementation are also key factors."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is a very strong product with good support."
"The solution is easy to integrate."
"We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"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 better pricing."
"The platform still lacks relevant dashboards and the ability to customize them based on our needs."
"Perimeter 81 could enhance its reporting and analytics capabilities to provide more detailed insights into network activity."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"I would suggest adding more networking and security features that allow more customization within their platform."
"I don't know if it is technically feasible, however, if the Desktop App could be used as a Web App or a Chrome Extension it would be very nice."
"The overall UI could be improved and updated to bring a simpler feel to the application."
"If I were to be nitpicky, I would ask that Perimeter 81 offer the option for us to change the color of the graphical user interface, like maybe pink or green or so on."
"There is a very small amount of downtime."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"The reporting should be improved as well as the backup."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM could improve by adding VPN site-to-site capabilities. The correct version does not work with Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"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."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"When it comes to web filtering and application filtering, it does not contain enough signatures to determine all of the sites that need to be blocked."
"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."
"I would like to see improvements in the development of reports. The process needs to be made simple."
Perimeter 81 is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 22 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Perimeter 81 vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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