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."Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"I like that the firewall gives me a lot of control in terms of outgoing and inbound traffic, and it scores better in deep packet inspections when compared with the Azure Firewall."
"The stability of Fortinet meets our requirements and I'm satisfied with it."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"The SSL VPN is fee for use is most attractive."
"The solution is very user friendly."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its simplicity, highly user-centric, and performs well. The line speed and for heavy traffic, is helpful for us."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiOS is great."
"We've been happy with the pricing."
"It's a very simple to use product."
"In four steps one can configure the entire firewall."
"So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic."
"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 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 has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"You might try Sangfor if you are on a tight budget. The price is affordable, and Sangfor offers a lot of features. We don't have any complaints about Sangfor."
"Technical support is very good."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The pricing could always be better."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"FortiOS's interface and monitoring could be improved."
"Their first-level support is often poorly trained."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is better troubleshooting and reporting."
"They need to integrate more with the SD-WAN."
"There is some room for improvement in the support."
"Fortinet's central management needs to be improved. FortiManager's technical tool provider ability should manage all Fortinet security products. Right now, FortiManager only manages the configuration of FortiGate."
"In terms of what needs improvements, the troubleshooting could use improvement. When we work with other products like Cisco ASA, Palo Alto, and Check Point, we see a big difference in the troubleshooting. It's not easy to find a report."
"We had assistance from one person from our local vendor for the implementation."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"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 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."
"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."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"The solution has too many bugs and these slow down the implementation."
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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