We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and Sophos UTM 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."It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"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."
"Sangfor has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"Particularly good in the DPI where we can inspect inbound and outbound traffic."
"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."
"SSL VPN is the best feature."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"The price versus value is good because the solution is less expensive than Sophos, Fortinet, or SonicWall."
"The built-in features function as intended, providing exceptional value."
"The most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"They are all good, but most-used are Network Protection and Web Filtering."
"Sophos SG UTM had all the basic functionality that you needed. It is user-friendly and easy to manage for any integrator."
"The intrusion prevention is great, and I like dual virus scanning on the network layer because we scan it through Avira and Sophos. Web filtering is also a fantastic option for clients who want to really lock down internet access."
"The initial setup has been fine."
"Sophos UTM has a good user interface and granular security controls."
"The most valuable features of the solution are application filtering and web filtering."
"Stability-wise, I rate this solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate this solution a ten out of ten."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"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."
"Sangfor has recently increased their prices."
"The firewall system needs gradual improvements because there are more threats and challenges every day."
"I would be happy if Sangfor developed a firewall designed specifically for home use, as well as for small businesses such as clinics and so on. A household version of the Sangfor firewall for your personal computer or laptop would be ideal, in my opinion."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
"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."
"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."
"I would like to see the SD-WAN feature improved."
"The only time we face a problem or issues is when we place a ticket. We have found that response is very slow."
"I didn't like it much. It suits only small businesses. It isn't scalable and reliable. There is a very critical issue with the power supply."
"The initial setup may be difficult for those not familiar with the product."
"Sophos UTM's firewall is a bit weak, and some of its features lack depth compared to other products like F5."
"Email spam filtering only works if you have an on-prem Exchange server. It doesn't interface with Office 365 like the XG model. That would be one feature that they could improve. They're not going to do it because they're trying to push us all to XG."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"We need to speed up the support."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while Sophos UTM 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 Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and SonicWall NSa, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. Sophos UTM report.
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