We performed a comparison between Sophos Cyberoam UTM and WatchGuard XTM [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"The product is worth the investment."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"The product, itself, doesn't seem to have any bugs or glitches."
"I found that the best feature of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is reporting. Its reporting feature is excellent, fast, and easy to prep and launch."
"We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
"The solution works perfectly without any users."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM is used for perimeter security, web filtering, intrusion prevention and as a VPN."
"We are using it as a security shield. It does not allow access before that in case we have restricted a few things from users, so it helps me in that."
"There is a site-to-site VPN configuration between others people."
"I like the hostwatch because I can see what traffic uses the most bandwidth and I can block that site."
"WatchGuard XTM is fairly basic. We use it as the perimeter firewall. The main point is to protect from attack software and hacking."
"Monitoring of network activity is included in the box."
"We have used technical support for WatchGuard many times and overall, we are satisfied with it. They are always listening and there is a good reaction time to our findings. When there are issues, they really try to resolve them."
"They have a reporting system which can store data over a very long period of time. Not many other firewall vendors provide a reporting system, but if they do, like Fortinet does, then you've got buy that as an additional product and that can be more than twice as expensive as the initial investment in the firewall. And without reporting over a long-term period, you're just about wasting your time."
"It configures in all-in-one place."
"Application Control is fantastic with over 2,500 applications and the granularity that we can either allow people to view but not be able to log on to Facebook; or view it and log onto it if they're in the marketing department, but not play Facebook games. There are all sorts of different options like that. So it's highly granular."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM has room for improvement in specific rules-based objects and redesign. The solution also needs to improve in adding rules and policies, including renewing and finding policies."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"VPN configuration is not very swift."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"Smaller CR15 units don’t have a hard disc or built in IView software. These units could do with that feature."
"It should have better VPN protection. Some of the VPN applications are not blocked by this firewall. Some VPNs are able to get through this firewall, which is why I am planning to replace this firewall with a good one in the near future."
"The product is at its end-of-life. There is nothing to improve as it will be discontinued."
"Sometimes we have had issues with stability of the product."
"The setting policies need improvement. It needs an easier way to do static NAT and check on what policy is being used for that specific traffic."
"The initial setup is neither simple nor complex. If you know the base in networking and how the firewall works, you will be able to figure it out."
"One huge issue with WatchGuard XTM is that I'm not getting reports in a readable format. Readable means, I don't want Excel online. We repeat auditing when we trigger the report or setup calendar. That functionality is what we are looking for from WatchGuard XTM here."
"Syslog (Dimension) is focused on presentation, but needs more focus on utility like SonicWall syslog (GMS/Analyzer)."
"WatchGuard doesn't have a product that allows them to get into the data center. And that's just because there is no hardware to do the job. The software could do it, but there's no hardware that allows that to happen at the moment. So it doesn't scale as well as some other products, that's for sure."
"I would like them to improve the product's overall protections. This would be good for all product users."
"The VPN errors are not helpful when troubleshooting."
Earn 20 points
Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews while WatchGuard XTM [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0, while WatchGuard XTM [EOL] is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard XTM [EOL] writes "The multi-layer security of the products are the primary reason we use these appliances, however, the gateway wireless functionality for managing access points leaves much to be desired". Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG, whereas WatchGuard XTM [EOL] is most compared with .
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