We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and SonicWall NSa 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 pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"Customers are more inclined towards FortiGate because of application control, web filtering, and anti-spam features. The support from the FortiGate team is good, and price-wise, it is affordable."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"The price versus value is good because the solution is less expensive than Sophos, Fortinet, or SonicWall."
"It is a stable solution."
"While the features are not dissimilar to other brands, configuration is much more simple, which works out great for Indonesian people."
"The most valuable features are the WAN optimization, the internet access gateway (IAG), and the central console, which allows us to implement on their firewall."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"Setup is easy. Anyone with basic firewall experience can do it."
"The DPI-SSL is the solution's most valuable aspect. It's handy."
"The most valuable feature is the sandbox."
"One of the main features is the built-in storage capacity."
"Easy to setup and implement"
"Valuable features include a web filter, DHCP, and monitoring capabilities."
"The most valuable features are the VPN, SSL VPN, and IPSec VPN."
"The product is working okay. The product is working feature-wise."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"The solution has too many bugs and these slow down the implementation."
"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."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve the policies and default criteria. They could be much better."
"The firewall system needs gradual improvements because there are more threats and challenges every day."
"The web interface needs to be improved, making it more user-friendly."
"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."
"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."
"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."
"This product is unable to secure access to endpoints for our external employees."
"SonicWall NSa's reporting could be improved."
"The filter settings are confusing and overly complicated. The user interface can be improved."
"The dashboard must be improved."
"We're not particularly fond of the way it generally performs. We are finding ourselves rebooting often. There are freeze-ups and that kind of thing. The stability needs to improve exponentially."
"The scalability is something that should be improved."
"It doesn't require much improvement. The only improvement area is that cloud reporting, assessment reporting, and other reporting features should be available with the subscription. They should provide reporting features with the subscription base, which is currently not there. We bought the reporting tool, but there are some complications. They have made some changes to the application, and now the reporting management is completely on the cloud."
"You can do zero-trust networking with them, but it's not easy."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Fortinet FortiGate-VM, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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