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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Snort

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASourcefire developed Snort, an open source intrusion prevention system capable of real-time traffic analysis and packet logging. Snort was acquired (and is now supported) by Cisco in 2013.N/A

    Cyberoam

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ASophos’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
    SnortCyberoam
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SnortCyberoam
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    SnortCyberoam
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Snort and Cyberoam
    Feature
    Snort
    -
    Ratings
    Cyberoam
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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    SnortCyberoam
    Small Businesses
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    SonicWall NSA Series
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Proofpoint Advanced Threat Protection
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SnortCyberoam
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SnortCyberoam
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    If a colleague was looking to tighten down their network I can easily recommend Snort to them. It gives you some more peace of mind knowing that its always scanning traffic for malicious looking code. Even things your major firewalls and security hardware might miss, Snort has picked up. Its an easy recommendation for me.
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    Cyberoam
    Our organization found that Cyberoam is a cost-effective solution compared to other vendors. Cyberoam was having issues with SSO for Web Filtering. For, web filtering and application blocking, Cyberoam does not contain enough signatures or data so we can not achieve the goal of all of the sites that need to be blocked. Cyberoam is great because of its ease of use feature.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • IPS detection.
    • DoS detection.
    • Packet logging.
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    Cyberoam
    • Accurate and precise bandwidth shaping
    • Utm features are completely reliable,uses mainly for conducting exams smoothly.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • At times can be unstable with Cisco bugs, require frequent upgrading.
    • FTD images that are being pushed for ASAs are less efficient from an administration standpoint, no CLI.
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    Cyberoam
    • Without mentioning an alternative brand, there is another leading company who has updated with firewall UI quite a bit. They offer an expanded line-up to meet a wider array of needs including specific appliances for web caching, proxy servers, and other products that have the same and familiar UI across the products. Each of the products does have some overlap so that customers can choose the right appliance for their use case.
    • After being acquired by Sophos, we saw our year-over-year costs escalate significantly since our original maintenance contract. They should consider revisiting the pricing, especially for education.
    • They should consider a current market analysis and see how the market is changing and adapting with other lower cost appliances for their product line up.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    For our organization, the Cisco defense in depth concept works the best. While Cisco can be made to work with other vendors, we have found the best in depth protection by integrating Cisco products for maximum visibility. We had a Barracuda Web Filter, but it was difficult to maintain when you had limited scope on what you could block, so we created a whitelist only setup which required a lot of additional manpower. This wouldn't have covered new threats with DNS spoofing and the like. Sourcefire also integrated with our anti-malware platform (Cisco AMP) for even better visibility on what may be happening on the end users workstation. We are planning on adding in Cisco ISE to complete the approach and possibly stealthwatch to cover our bases in the future. The Palo Alto gear was interesting, but it was priced far out of our range.
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    Cyberoam
    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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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Being open source, ROI on free is hard to beat for something that works.
    • I believe it greatly enhances the security of my network.
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    Cyberoam
    • Considerable change was noted in the utilization of administrators after switching from the software firewall.
    • It is relatively better priced when compared to fortigate.
    • Better log handling after the switch.
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