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 of this solution is the analytics."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"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 feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The product is very fast and reliable."
"So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"The price versus value is good because the solution is less expensive than Sophos, Fortinet, or SonicWall."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"It is a stable solution."
"Sangfor NGAF's standout feature is its powerful application control, enabling precise restrictions on mobile user access to approved applications."
"It is very easy to configure and straightforward. The firewall rules are straightforward. It works great out of the box. It has been working as advertised, and I haven't had any issues with it."
"The cloud-based interface makes it easy to manage."
"I like it for its simplicity. It is very simple to configure and implement. It is a very good product for medium-sized organizations."
"The most valuable features are the central management, the user VPN, and communications."
"The VPN access for users is also a great thing, especially nowadays when working from home."
"I like their firewall and the intrusion detection feature"
"Price-wise the solution offers acceptable rates. You can find cheaper solutions on the market but when you go cheaper you have fewer features. Today, based on iQuate market the price is very reasonable and affordable, and it's good if you get a good discount. Discounts can be offered by the vendor. If it's a competitive upgrade which means the customer is upgrading from another vendor, Sophos provides extra discount so they can win the deal. In general, it is a good price."
"Sophos is a comrehensive solution which allows me to configure all the attendant products, such as Sophos' firewall, Endpoint and Encryption features."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"The initial setup is complex."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"There is room for improvement in dependency on certain infrastructure, like the DNS dependency on the current DNS server that the company has. It should be standalone. It should not depend on any other DNS server."
"They need to improve their research team and they need to study their data to analyze it and build the product."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
"The support offered by the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required. The knowledge levels and response time of the support team need improvement."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"The pricing can be high unless you choose a longer contract."
"The only issue that Sophos XG now needs to improve is the product's reporting capability."
"There could be some room for improvement in its pricing since my clients usually feel like the product is on the expensive side."
"While it is possible to configure between two of the solution's devices in the same model, the high available usually fails."
"The number of ports, especially on the entry-level appliances, should be increased."
"Recently, I've had a problem with updating things."
"Data traffic analysis could be better. I think Fortinet products like FortiAnalyzer are very effective in analyzing data traffic. I think it's better than Sophos. It could also be more stable."
"Sophos XG could improve by coming out with more innovative feature developments."
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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