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Check Point UTM-1 [EOL] vs Sophos Cyberoam UTM comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Check Point UTM-1 [EOL]
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sophos Cyberoam UTM
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
86
Ranking in other categories
Unified Threat Management (UTM) (10th)
 

Featured Reviews

William Cambronero - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at ITQS
Great firewalls, VPN, and Intrusion prevention capabilities
Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management. Another point is to improve the technical support provided by Check Point UTM-1. Although the company offers different standards, including basic and premium, by mail and by telephone, they present a very large deficiency in the time it takes to comply with the provisions of the SLA. Coordinating a meeting is complicated by the schedules. The documentation should also be improved by having it unified.
SH
Global IT Manager at Express KItchen
Has transitioned fully to SD-WAN and centralized management simplifies appliance handling
As for areas where Sophos Cyberoam UTM can be improved, it's hard to say; I have not at the moment seen anything that I could not get a solution for, but if there's anything, I'll make sure to raise that with the Sophos team. Regarding the documentation, I find that it is still lacking, although the YouTube videos, user training, and knowledge forum are now better than they were before. Sophos Cyberoam UTM should move in the direction of AI capabilities, as the world is moving toward AI. Sophos Cyberoam UTM is not promoted enough. I see FortiGates organizing student competitions and Cisco doing CCNA classes, so Sophos should follow that route as well.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The major improvement was the ability to have a very good log, as we are able to log all details and troubleshoot when a problem occurs."
"The ability to create a central database for objects (sources, destinations, services, etc.), which can be used in several different policies, and the possibility of browsing all logs (FW, IPs, identity awareness, etc.) from all the gateways from a unique screen are big pluses."
"It provides visibility and drives organizational security."
"The solution is very robust."
"Check Point has been in the security industry for so long that it has evolved different solutions and technologies."
"The UTM platform has been the most valuable, as it's a great system with the possibility of having several plates implemented on the same appliance."
"Check Point is not cheap when compared to other solutions, but it provides high level security, and as an organization we are fully satisfied with this product."
"The firewall allows the logging of traffic, and it has an easy to use VPN."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"All these features are valuable to us because we can block malicious and unproductive application and sites to improve productivity and security in our network, audit users and machines and protect us against exploitation."
"Technical support is excellent."
"We are using this product to protect our networks, by blocking some websites and applications such as YouTube or WhatsApp."
"The best feature is the flexibility the product offers, in terms of remote access. What we had before was a decentralized mechanism in our organization, but after having this product we were able to get the remote locations into the same LAN. We were able to control the bandwidth and were able to take virtual access of those machines and give them the support, as and when required."
"The product's most valuable features include comprehensive bandwidth management and secure end-to-end VPN connections."
"User and network policies to be managed on a single screen with powerful filtering and search options."
"The VPN is the most usable feature."
 

Cons

"The solution could be improved if there was a better way to report. The reporting functionality is not really good. Even though it's not the major function. Maybe adding a way to make a custom report."
"The entire GUI, look and feel of the application."
"Yes, about once a year we have a catastrophic failure. It's pretty random."
"Specifically on the user experience, sometimes the set up of things, such as the VPN SSL, takes a lot of time to load and a lot of time to get up and running on every session."
"The physical memory is insufficient for installing policies and some other operations."
"I would like to see improvements in the report area. Some features should be integrated and not licensed separately."
"Customer service is definitely degrading, according to me."
"Some features that could be improved are advanced threat protection, sandboxing, and vulnerability management."
"They could improve the product by enhancing hardware reliability, addressing occasional memory overflow issues, and improving scalability without compromising performance."
"There are some issues with logs and report limitations."
"The blocking needs to be improved."
"More flexibility would make Sophos Cyberoam UTM better. The platform is not entirely flexible as it is."
"The product needs to improve its pricing."
"The product had a hang issue. We needed to reboot, recreate the image, and reconfigure the previous image because the product hanged frequently."
"The Web Filter and Application Filter need improvement. In the Web Filter, there is a problem to block YouTube by HTTPS, so this needs to improve."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This cost is between 3,000 and 5,000 euros per year, so some other solutions are cheaper and the pricing should be improved."
"The pricing is too high."
"It is very reasonably priced as compared to other solutions in the market."
"We just use the standard package."
"The price is very competitive and the licensing is easy."
"I rate Cyberoam's pricing a five or six out of ten since it is affordable."
"The product’s pricing is expensive."
"This is a cost-effective solution compared to other vendors, such as Cisco."
"It is more expensive than cheap routers, but it offers a lot of functionality, and that warrants the price."
"Licensing is a bit costly, mostly for features requiring subscription."
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Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
10%
Educational Organization
8%
 

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Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
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Small Business49
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise17
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sophos Cyberoam UTM?
The price is appropriate, but if you want the real truth, it's actually quite expensive. The annual software licensing is reasonably pricey, with probably about four years' license annual.
What needs improvement with Sophos Cyberoam UTM?
There is room for improvement when it comes to their features and architectures they're trying to implement that they can't directly help with. But by and large, it's actually relatively good. More...
What is your primary use case for Sophos Cyberoam UTM?
I do work with clients that use both Cisco and Sophos products. My work is mostly with firewalls, storages, switches, and routers.
 

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AccessIT Group Inc., Accuvant, Cadre Computer Resources Inc., Compuquip Technologies Inc, Dimension Data North America Inc., Forsythe Solutions Group, Gotham Technology Group LLC, GuidePoint Security LLC, Iovations, IPS
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