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."It is a safe product."
"It's user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"I have found the most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the low maintenance."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are user-friendliness, ease of use, and threat prevention."
"It's simple to use in terms of inbound and outbound traffic management."
"This is a user friendly solution and offers comprehensive integrations."
"I find filtering traffic, filtering web traffic, session traffic, and managing the network as valuable features."
"The classification of the websites is helpful."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ease of use and user-friendly interface."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"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."
"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"In four steps one can configure the entire firewall."
"SSL VPN is the best feature."
"So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic."
"Particularly good in the DPI where we can inspect inbound and outbound traffic."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"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."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"FortiOS's bandwidth and interface could be improved."
"In the future I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards and a drop in the price."
"The solution needs improvement with DDoS protection."
"A switch should be introduced."
"The complexity of the VPNs should be improved."
"The support could be improved, Fortinet's response time is very slow. Setting up the VPN could be made much easier, especially when deployed with Azure."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
"There are some issues with the performance. We also had some issues while updating the firmware."
"The support for YouTube or the Internet is not enough."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"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."
"It does not offer any recommendations on how to mitigate or control attacks."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"The firewall system needs gradual improvements because there are more threats and challenges every day."
"The product must provide more IPS features."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th 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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