We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Sangfor NGAF 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 has improved our security capabilities."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ability to block and make white and black lists. Additionally, the filtering of user access to websites is useful."
"The product is scalable and easily expands."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"This is a user friendly solution and offers comprehensive integrations."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"The stability of Fortinet meets our requirements and I'm satisfied with it."
"The customer service and support team are excellent."
"It is a stable solution."
"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."
"Sangfor NGAF's standout feature is its powerful application control, enabling precise restrictions on mobile user access to approved applications."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"Sangfor is a good solution that provides a WAF and firewall solution. Most other vendors, like Sophos and Fortinet and Cisco, only provide one solution. That's a valuable feature of Sangfor."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"In four steps one can configure the entire firewall."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is better troubleshooting and reporting."
"FortiOS's bandwidth and interface could be improved."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing models. With the way they are structured, everything is very disparate and sold separately, and, depending on the solution, it can get quite pricey."
"Fortinet FortiOS's integration could be improved."
"While it is a solid solution, there are some product limitations which exclude it from deployment in some situations."
"I want to see a better integration or a better integration with the endpoint protection or with EDR with the security life cycle."
"There is some room for improvement in the support."
"Fortinet needs to make this solution even more robust. Sometimes when we get a DDoS attack, the cannot withstand it. We can run out of sessions very easily. That said, I suppose if you want more a robust system, then you could purchase higher-end solutions, which are more expensive. Still, I would like to see more protection from even in the low-end version."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
"The setup phase is quite complex."
"An area for improvement would be the number of ports defined on the box. In the next release, I would like them to develop their provisioning stage of enrolling end devices."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve by refining its application control policies, especially in addressing challenges with certain types of applications."
"The solution has too many bugs and these slow down the implementation."
"It does not offer any recommendations on how to mitigate or control attacks."
"The support for YouTube or the Internet is not enough."
"Sangfor could improve by providing better real-time reporting, as the current reports don't offer the level of detail we need, especially for runtime insights."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Vectra AI, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Huawei NGFW. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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