We performed a comparison between Netgate pfSense 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."It can expand easily."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The solution is scalable."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is a good firewall with good performance."
"The GUI is easy to understand."
"The flexibility of adding new kinds of services without spending any money can't be beaten."
"The most valuable feature, for instance, is the ease of migrating configurations between different Netgate devices housed in the same box."
"We can run it on any hardware."
"My company mainly works in the health and educational domain, schools and universities. I prevent the improper use of content from schools and universities. I defend the medical records for the patients in our hospitals. That is the main use case for me for the firewall."
"The interface is straightforward and easy to use."
"Web and content filtering are valuable in preventing people from abusing the network and pushing up the bandwidth price."
"The interface is user-friendly."
"In terms of features and user-friendliness, the solution is good. It’s very stable. The solution is scalable. In Sophos Cyberoam UTM, the most valuable features are web and application filtering, routing functionalities, and VPN. It has helped us manage the bandwidth."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The solution's interface is user-friendly, and the web protection is good. The tool is highly stable. The product is scalable. The technical support is good. We chose Sophos Cyberoam UTM because their focus on security research is higher compared to other brands. It's an all-in-one solution with antivirus, EDR, wireless protection, and web protection integrated into one box. The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the solution is easy to configure for users."
"The most valuable feature of this product is the threat protection."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"The biggest "gotcha" is that if the client purchases what they call the UTM shared bundle, which has unified threat management on both, it's not as easy to manage if you have more than one firewall."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"One concern I have with Netgate pfSense is related to packet filtering. Specifically, issues can arise with certain functionalities like GP, and, at times, there may be bugs."
"Could be simplified for new users."
"I would like to see multiple DNS servers running on individual interfaces."
"For the third-party packages, I'd rather have it built-in, like a core feature of pfSense, part of the core model."
"This solution is good for small businesses but it is not as stable as other competitors such as Fortinet."
"The solution could improve by having centralized management and API support online."
"The configuration of the solution is a bit difficult."
"Their support could be better in terms of the response time."
"I have problems with the email filtering. Emails pass through without any filtering affecting them. When I get back to them and tell them this is the issue, they check everything and say it is not in their database signature and they have to update it. But you know, by that time, my user has already opened it."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"I would say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
"We use different workarounds and find different solutions for it, depending on the client's needs. We shouldn't have to, we should just be able to use the product as it comes with Cyberoam, rather than having to revert to other products."
"We have had some issues with technical support, which is an area that needs improvement."
"Sometimes, users are timed out intermittently."
"The solution's pricing could be a problem for some small businesses."
"The solution could be cheaper."
Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos XG and OPNsense. See our Netgate pfSense vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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