Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Cyberoam

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Secure Firewall
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Cisco Secure Firewall delivers comprehensive threat protection for modern, distributed networks. Built to support hybrid workforces and multicloud environments, it enables Zero Trust access, application visibility, and secure remote connectivity. With integration across the Cisco Secure portfolio, including SecureX and Talos threat intelligence, the firewall powers organizations to detect and stop more sophisticated threats. Centralized management simplifies policy enforcement, orchestration,…N/A
Cyberoam
Score 6.0 out of 10
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Sophos’s Cyberoam offers UTM and NGFW products. Cyberoam provides the full suite of modularized firewall services, as well as real-time reporting, for enterprise-level use.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Secure FirewallCyberoam
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
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Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Secure Firewall
7.9
Ratings
9% below category average
Cyberoam
8.7
Ratings
1% above category average
Identification Technologies8.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Visualization Tools7.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Content Inspection8.20 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Policy-based Controls8.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP8.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Firewall Management Console8.10 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Reporting and Logging7.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
VPN7.70 Ratings8.50 Ratings
High Availability8.50 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Stateful Inspection7.90 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Proxy Server6.80 Ratings9.50 Ratings
User Ratings
Cisco Secure FirewallCyberoam
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
7.2
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Usability
9.0
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
5.0
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Support Rating
7.5
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Implementation Rating
8.0
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Product Scalability
5.0
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User Testimonials
Cisco Secure FirewallCyberoam
Likelihood to Recommend
The software offers advanced firewall solutions from Web threats management to behavioural analytics and comprehensive application security. Cisco Secure firewall software is incredibly easy to deploy and implement. Customer support services providers are concise and very responsive. Integration and customization of the software are exceptional. The product boasts impressive capabilities, enabling it to stop threats and manage all security flaws in real time.
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Cyberoam is well suited for enterprises or institutions which require good and precise UTM features which could be used to conduct secure exams and to maintain a strict cyber environment. it is less suited for enterprises with a good change management process, as it would require experienced administrators to main this firewall.
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Pros
  • It's good at segregating networks and ensuring that you only give the access that you need to give. Especially with medical devices, you want to only give the access that they need and keep them in their own separate areas so that they can't just communicate with the rest of the network. It's also good at the border for keeping attackers out of the network.
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  • Firewall logs is good thing that provided by Cyberoam.
  • Alerts and logs provided for different type of attacks and actions taken.
  • Ease of use functionality.
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Cons
  • I have one argument, failover scenario. It's not quite easy. Failover scenario of firewalls. It's sometimes not quite easy to know the issue. But if we open a tech case, a technical case to Cisco, Cisco will help us, it's a little bit con, but we are happy with this product.
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  • SD Wan features require more clarity.
  • Traffic shaping policy is a missing feature.
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Likelihood to Renew
It works really well. We can do most anything we want or need to with it, and you don’t have to have a doctorate or multiple certs to necessarily figure it out. The thing that would probably have to happen to make us switch would be if we just got priced out - Cisco’s more powerful and higher bandwidth models cost a pretty penny.
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Usability
The platform is powerful and feature-rich, especially when paired with tools like Firepower Management Center (FMC) and SecureX. The policy structure is logical, and the visibility into traffic flows, threat activity, and rule hits is quite strong once you're familiar with the interface
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Reliability and Availability
As for the availability, in general we did not experience any issues with it, neither in situations where there's only one physical device implemented nor when there's and High Availability pair. Failover works like a charm, no complaints here, it works as it should and so far it has been highly reliable.
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Performance
no slowing down, vpn is working fast
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Support Rating
Our experience with Cisco TAC support for Cisco Secure Firewall has been very good. The support engineers are knowledgeable about the product and have many tools available to them to work "under the hood" of the firewalls or management center. When we've had equipment failures, the RMA process has been simple and straightforward.
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In-Person Training
very good
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Online Training
was a good training but questions was answered not so good. Training was "Fundamentals of Cisco Firewall Threat Defense and Intrusion Prevention (SFWIPF)".
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Implementation Rating
Our initial implementation was aided by Cisco's professional services and was excellent. The engineer was very knowledgeable and helped us work through issues while building out our new internet security edge Part of this involved tools to migrate the firewall configuration from old to new.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco Secure Firewall works better with the Cisco ecosystem when we can utilize it and feels beefy enough when we utilize it in the data center. The Fortinet we have found are great, small cost boxes for remote offices with a better UI then Cisco Secure Firewalls. The feature set included with the firewalls feels similar from a security point of view.
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The main factor is cost, as we are a startup organization. That's the main reason we choose Cyberoam stacks up against other network security services.
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Scalability
you can choose up to 50 devices i think thats enough for our organization
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Return on Investment
  • Cisco Secure Firewall gives details on the possible intrusions attempts that are occurring on the network, which gives stakeholders confidence that the network is being protected.
  • Cisco's reputation as a longstanding network leader provides the trust that is needed in keeping networks secure.
  • The wide variety of tools and features that Cisco Secure Firewall provides allows business owners to plan for changes that can occur in the network as Cisco is able to adapt to the different needs.
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  • Positive - time and cost savings on management
  • Positive - still best in class for ease of CIPA compliance for K-12
  • Negative - escalating costs are pushing us away from the solution
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ScreenShots

Cisco Secure Firewall Screenshots

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