We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and Sophos XG 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."The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The VPN connectivity feature is really nice."
"I think Sangfor NGAF is more valuable than Cisco products because of its simplicity and ease of management. If I compare it with Palo Alto and Cisco, both are quite complex products. And if I compare it with FortiGate firewalls from Fortinet, I have also used all these products. Fortinet and Sangfor NGAF are similar products because the applications behind the application and policy layers are almost identical."
"So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"The absolute best part of Sangfor NGAF is their support. It's a 24/7 support channel, and the last time I requested their assistance I got a reply within three minutes. They helped solve the problem immediately."
"The built-in features function as intended, providing exceptional value."
"It enables us to not only detect but also prevent various types of incoming threats, allowing us to take appropriate corrective actions and exercise control over the network."
"SSL VPN is the best feature."
"I have found configuring the ports to be easier in Sophos XG compared to the other devices."
"It is very easy to use. You can configure and monitor everything from one unique dashboard."
"We get good usage out of the features. It has enabled us to gain popularity. It has great features."
"Content blocking for websites is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The security of Sophos XG is very good."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage."
"The solution seems pretty stable. We've had no issues so far."
"The solution's most valuable feature stems from its ability to protect our organization's web servers."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"Its customer service could be better."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The reports are very basic."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve the policies and default criteria. They could be much better."
"Sangfor need greater exposer in the market because the market is mainly saturated by Fortinet. The user experience of Fortinet is quite different compared to NGAF. If we want to switch our users from Fortinet to NGAF, we have to convince them that the user experience will be much easier once once they start to use it."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"Sangfor could improve their interface capacity on the 5100 series model and upgrade their hardware from one gig to 10 gig. This would improve the overall throughput."
"The support for YouTube or the Internet is not enough."
"Sangfor has recently increased their prices."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
"I would like to next release to be able to support on-premise deployment. The construction of the rules within the firewall could also use some improvement."
"Technical support could be improved. They aren't as responsive as they could be."
"Could have a more simplified functionality for users."
"In the next release, I would like to see improvements made to the policy and simplify the policy-making, as the complexity of it makes it really tough."
"There have been some issues when upgrading. For some reason, parts of the configuration become unconfigured, I then have to reconfigure it. I should not need to keep reconfiguring it after upgrades."
"While it is a secure solution, I believe it could be improved."
"When upgrading the firewalls, the process could be easier."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW, Fortinet FortiOS and Huawei NGFW, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. Sophos XG report.
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