We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and Untangle NG Firewall 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 features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"In terms of the most valuable features, the IPS report is quick and updated. Performance is also valuable."
"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."
"Sangfor NGAF's standout feature is its powerful application control, enabling precise restrictions on mobile user access to approved applications."
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor NGAF is its integration."
"Particularly good in the DPI where we can inspect inbound and outbound traffic."
"It offers application control features."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"The VPN connectivity feature is really nice."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"The Untangle firewall is a software firewall, so it runs on generic hardware. We found that was probably the best feature, and it's why we chose it when we started using it three years ago."
"Its detection, antivirus, and filtering features are the most valuable. The facility to connect by using the VPN connection is also a very valuable feature. It is very strong, secure, and reliable. We have implemented the Untangle solution in all hardware. It is also a user-friendly solution. It is easy to learn and easy to configure."
"The product is easy to implement."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"The interface is very good."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"Web filtering is very reliable."
"They've become quite expensive."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve by refining its application control policies, especially in addressing challenges with certain types of applications."
"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."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"The web interface needs to be improved, making it more user-friendly."
"The solution should be able to work in a hybrid setup."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
"We seek the availability of the hardware in our region. The hardware-based firewall from Untangle is currently not available in our region. It should have threat protection on a real-time basis. This feature, available in Check Point and Sandstorm kind of scenario, is currently missing in Untangle NG Firewall."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"Whenever there are a large number of endpoint VPN clients, connectivity becomes slow."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"The web content filtering needs improvement."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 27th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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