We performed a comparison between Juniper SRX Series Firewall 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."The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"The simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"The security features and the model collection are the most valuable."
"The solution is relatively easy and inexpensive to maintain."
"Performance is a strong point."
"The setup is pretty straightforward."
"The most valuable features of the Juniper SRX Series Firewall are the user-friendly UI, and accessing the solution is simple."
"Commit: You can update the whole configuration without affecting the production. The new configuration will be loaded once the command "Commit" is submitted. You can also do a Commit confirmed to automatically roll back to the previous config after X minutes."
"Juniper supports their products very well."
"One of Juniper SRX's most valuable features is the site-to-site VPN."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"It offers application control features."
"SSL VPN is the best feature."
"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."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"In four steps one can configure the entire firewall."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"Its price could be better."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"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."
"JTAC (Juniper Networks Technical Assistance Center) is just okay for technical assistance. However, if you are used to Cisco TAC responsiveness, you will need to adjust your expectations with Juniper Networks TAC."
"It must be 5G ready. The 5G network is rolling out soon in India, and Juniper must upgrade their firewall slot to the 5G network, or they must manufacture a 5G dongle card for the Juniper firewall. I want Juniper to upgrade their dongle from 4G to 5G. Presently, they have an expansion slot in the SRX 322 series and higher firewalls. In that expansion slot, they can put a 4G mobility SIM card so that whenever our primary link is down, it will automatically connect through this GSM network and form a tunnel."
"In some cases, customers encounter issues related to network interfaces, while others prioritize security concerns."
"As a networking person, I don't really have any major issues with this device. Based on my experience of using it in a cluster, it could be more stable. I had an incident when one of the SRXs in a cluster couldn't learn ARP. It is a good solution, but firewalls don't seem to be an area of development for Juniper. They are focusing on data centers, routers, and switches, not firewalls."
"It needs better interoperability with Cisco gear."
"The capacity can be limiting. We have outgrown its capacity. You can only scale up to a certain extent, depending on the device purchased."
"Juniper needs to focus more on their perimeter firewalls."
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"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."
"The interface and user experience are horrible."
"They need to improve their research team and they need to study their data to analyze it and build the product."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"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."
"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."
Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 87 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Fortinet FortiOS. See our Juniper SRX Series Firewall vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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