We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and WatchGuard Firebox 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."Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"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."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"Technical support is very good."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"It is a stable solution."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"The built-in features function as intended, providing exceptional value."
"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."
"Their centralized console simplifies management for organizations with multiple Fireboxes."
"I like their management features a lot. Their System Manager server as well the System Manager software make managing them, and tracking changes, very easy and complete."
"It's very easy to use, especially compared to similar products. A lot more users use the WatchGuard appliance now than use the SonicWall appliance because of the ease of usability."
"The main features of the solution are the control of the site-to-site network access and the overall features."
"The most valuable are the VPN and proxy features."
"The ports that I have assigned appear to be unattainable to outside 'mal-actors,' unless they have an address registered on the internet that this thing is expecting. That's a layer of security."
"The reports are detailed."
"Simple to move settings between WatchGuard boxes."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"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."
"The product must provide more IPS features."
"The solution has too many bugs and these slow down the implementation."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
"The solution should be able to work in a hybrid setup."
"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."
"They need to improve their research team and they need to study their data to analyze it and build the product."
"I haven’t dug deeply into the reporting features yet or if they are working well. However, I have generated several reports and there was too much unnecessary information, in comparison with the reporting features in the Sophos firewall. Sophos' reporting is more readable and easier to configure."
"The few issues that we have had, such as not knowing where to go, they have been answered quickly."
"In terms of the reporting and management features — and this isn't necessarily a WatchGuard issue, this seems to be more of an industry-wide issue — you get reports, but a lot of times you don't know what you're looking at. You're so overwhelmed with the data. You're getting a lot of stuff that doesn't matter, so it takes time to parse through it, to actually get what you want to know."
"Setup of this solution is complex, it's not plug and play."
"I would like to see more training become available for us."
"The drawbacks are just sometimes not having the technical information that we need in order to easily make connections with all of our Internet-based clients."
"This solution needs the option to add an external hard drive."
"There could also be better reporting. For example, there should be more out-of-the-box management reports."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Meraki MX, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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