I am using the solution mostly internally for security, a firewall and internet. We have a lot of users with many user policies. Additionally, we use it for a DOS-specific file exchange.
Sr. Network Administrator at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Integratable, easy setup, good for medium business, but has firewall limitation
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is easy to integrate."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution is easy to integrate.
What needs improvement?
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. You normally can just right click and block them but in this solution, it was not working in the firewall settings.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for 10 years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I was running the solution for seven years and I did not have issues. I would rate the stability a four out of five.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
For a medium-sized organization, the scalability was good.
How are customer service and support?
The support was good. Whenever I needed to contact to support to create tickets, they contact me within a reasonable time and they resolved the issues.
How was the initial setup?
The setup was easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
On a yearly basis, it cost me approximately $1,500. While having 400 users and comparing the price to other solutions, what I was paying yearly was good.
What other advice do I have?
Cyberoam is going to end this year. They already have announced last year if you are an enterprise and have the support it will end.
What I have learned from using this solution is when choosing another product in the future I will do more technical feature comparisons. Having done the comparisons I most likely would not have been having some of the issues I was having because I would have gone with another solution.
I rate Sophos Cyberoam UTM a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Technical Operation Head at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
An advanced security software that offers agent protection
Pros and Cons
- "I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent."
- "The reports need to be more detailed and granular."
What is our primary use case?
We work in the finance domain and use the solution for security firewalls.
What is most valuable?
I believe it's the advanced security software that offers SMPP protection for the agent.
What needs improvement?
The reports need to be more detailed and granular.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Sophos Cyberoam UTM is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product is scalable. It covers 400 endpoints in my company, deployed in multiple locations.
How are customer service and support?
We contact our local partners for support.
What was our ROI?
We have seen ROI with the product's use.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the product an eight out of ten. I think it's very beneficial, especially for our investment in our engineering team, like working on finance. It is beneficial for data privacy and security for our clients.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Sophos Cyberoam UTM
December 2025
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Network consultant at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Comes with robust features for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings
Pros and Cons
- "The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings."
- "The product needs to improve its pricing."
What is our primary use case?
The primary use cases for Sophos Cyberoam UTM in my environment vary depending on client requirements. I have employed it for VPN tunneling, web filtering, and firewall configurations.
What is most valuable?
The tool's robust features allow for the customization of policies, objects, and firewall settings.
What needs improvement?
The product needs to improve its pricing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Sophos Cyberoam UTM since around 2010.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Sophos Cyberoam UTM is straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior IT Expert at a construction company with 51-200 employees
Flexible, stable, and scalable solution
Pros and Cons
- "Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like."
- "The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler."
What is our primary use case?
We use Cyberoam UTM as a firewall.
What is most valuable?
Cyberoam UTM's most valuable feature is that it can be configured any way you like.
What needs improvement?
The configuration requires an expert to be set up, so it could be made simpler.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Cyberoam UTM for over a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Cyberoam UTM is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We chose Sophos because it's presented as being scalable in any way if you have the license.
How are customer service and support?
Sophos' technical support is good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is complex and requires the presence of an expert.
What about the implementation team?
We used the supplier's team, who did not live up to our expectations - we even had to assist them in reading the manual.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Separate license keys are required for different solutions that we implement in the server room, which are an additional cost.
What other advice do I have?
Cyberoam UTM is a very good product, but those installing it should make sure they have the right technical person there when implementing it. I would give this solution a score of eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
A scalable, user-friendly solution with excellent performance and technical support
Pros and Cons
- "Technical support is excellent."
- "While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution solely to configure the web app filter.
What is most valuable?
Security comes with multiple default IPs, which allows things to be done immediately, within only two to three minutes.
The solution has very good performance.
The solution is user-friendly.
What needs improvement?
While the security features are excellent, they could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Sophos Cyberoam UTM for around four to five years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is already scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is excellent.
How was the initial setup?
It took around 30 minutes to complete the entire configuration.
What about the implementation team?
The same team is used for the deployment and maintenance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is cheap in comparison with Sophos.
It comes with a yearly licensing fee.
What other advice do I have?
We have around 20 clients using the solution, but have migrated 10 of them to Sophos.
We recommend the solution to others.
I rate Sophos Cyberoam UTM as a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Implementer
Easy to configure, scalable, and good technical support.
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
- "The implementation policy needs improvment."
What is our primary use case?
We are using this solution for protecting our organization from threats. We use the SSL VPN, anti-spyware, anti-spam, web and application filters, and the generated logs of people who try and scan our network.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature in cyberoam firewall is multi-port Bridge Support, Static MAC Configuration in Bridge Mode & Netflow support for Bandwidth Monitoring & Firewall Traffic Analysis. this are the feature's which is most valuable i found in sophos cyberoam 10.6.2 firewall
What needs improvement?
The implementation policy needs improvment.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution within the last 12 months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable and reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is good. We have approximately 200 employees using the solution in my organization and we have plans to increase usage.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support is good.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is complex initially but after initializing it is easy to configure, such as the ports and LAN IPs.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is a license required for this solution and we are on a three-year contract. I am satisfied with the price.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have evaluated FortiGate and this solution is more protective.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Sophos Cyberoam UTM an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Head of IT at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Reliable, easy to set up, and excellent for remote access with the VPN
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN."
- "Sometimes, during part of the configuration, if you don't have a lot of technical knowledge, then you may struggle a bit to configure it."
What is our primary use case?
It's a UTM device, unified threat management, and we use it for web and application filtering and of course to scan the traffic that comes from the internet to the LAN. Due to the pandemic issues and people working from home, a lot of these devices were configured for the SSL VPN.
What is most valuable?
The endpoint protection part of the product can all be centrally managed from the cloud as well. Even the firewall, as an MSP, can be configured and then managed from the cloud.
The solution is excellent for web and application filtering and remote access with the VPN.
The initial setup is pretty easy.
The solution is stable and reliable.
What needs improvement?
Sometimes, during part of the configuration, if you don't have a lot of technical knowledge, then you may struggle a bit to configure it - especially for the exit through the internal server. When you are doing the business application publishing and if you don't know much of the port forwarding or how the business application configuration is done, then you may struggle a bit.
The pricing could always be better. It would make it a win-win for everyone.
For how long have I used the solution?
I'm currently configuring one right now. I've been using the solution for a while.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There are modular firewalls. The entry-level devices do not have the slot for adding more network ports or things like that. Therefore, it depends on the organization as to what level of configuration they want. If it's a small organization, then the entry-level product, something like XG86 or XG115 et cetera, all those are sufficient. However, if it's an organization that requires adding more ports or more cards to their plans, then starting with an appliance version XG125 is ideal as it has the optional modular port whereby you can add additional cards.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is okay. I had issues with the technical support in that they did not respond on time. However, we have to deal with the different time zones.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is pretty straightforward. Within 10 minutes, it was put in production on the network.
What about the implementation team?
In-house certified team implementation
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing is on a yearly basis. They also offer a month-to-month extension if required. After 12 months, if your license expires and you want to exchange it for one month or two months, then that is possible as well.
The pricing on the partner portals is okay. The challenge comes as there's sort of a monopoly for the distributor in Tanzania. There is just one distributor and that is where the challenge comes. Sometimes the distributor is out of stock or they set up their own freight charges. Sometimes they're out of stock and the stock takes maybe four to six weeks and is then delayed. Basically, the challenge comes up when the distributor is out of stock.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing this option, we looked at Cisco ASA, Fortinet, and Juniper.
What other advice do I have?
We're a gold partner. We configure it for our clients on-premises.
Cyberoam was actually taken over by Sophos about three years ago.
The latest versions were announced just about a few weeks ago, if not more. It was the XGS Firewall. So what I'm configuring right now is a Sophos XG firewall.
It's just a firewall. Basically, it's the hardware. Either you have the hardware or you can have it as a virtual machine.
I'd recommend the solution to other users.
I'd rate the product at a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The reporting tool is one of the best we have tested but it needs integration with the security features
Pros and Cons
- "We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best."
- "The VPN is an area that can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution strictly in connection with the files of internal users, such as in a case that they are using the internet and we wish to control their bandwidth or time limit.
What is most valuable?
We consider the user level and control features of Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the best. The user part is one its greatest features. The solution even has its own reporting tool, which is one of the best we have tested. Furthermore, the dashboard is user-friendly.
What needs improvement?
The VPN is an area that can be improved. Often, it will fail to connect or become disconnected. Also, the solution is not in the same lane as sending organizations, which have more security features. The enhanced security model is also lacking time-wise.
Now that the company has shifted from Cyberoam to Sophos, I would not recommend implementing the security-related features of the solution. I have heard from customers that it falls short of the mark.
In the next release, I would like to see integration with the security features. I wish to see in the actual device the integration of the security feature with another product.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Sophos Cyberoam UTM for four or five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have not experienced any downtime with the solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We did not expand the solution, limiting its use to five-to-ten percent increments in the number of users, no more.
We have no plans to increase the usage.
How are customer service and technical support?
The solution's technical support offers the best services available. When one of our customer's devices went down, all he needed to do was call tech support and they mailed him the device without requiring any verification or validation whatsoever.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was very simple to apply and integrate.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing is on an annual basis. It is very reasonably priced.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
While we did evaluate other solutions prior to going with the product, when it comes to user level controls, I consider Sophos Cyberoam UTM to be the most suitable product.
What other advice do I have?
Our organization has multiple branches and, overall, approximately 200 users are utilizing Sophos Cyberoam UTM devices.
I would rate Sophos Cyberoam UTM as a six out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Reseller
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