We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and Sophos XG 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."Its stability is the most valuable."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"While the features are not dissimilar to other brands, configuration is much more simple, which works out great for Indonesian people."
"The product is very fast and reliable."
"In terms of the most valuable features, the IPS report is quick and updated. Performance is also valuable."
"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."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"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."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"Overall, this is a good product and I would recommend it for small to mid-sized customers."
"I've tried out Sophos XG a little. It has a good interface that's very user-friendly, but I haven't used all of its functions because I'm only configuring and running the system."
"The multifactor authentication is helpful because whenever the user wants to connect to the firewall, they have to use the authenticator before they can access it."
"The SD-WAN feature stands out as the most valuable aspect."
"The scalability of Sophos XG is good."
"IPS works smoothly."
"We get good usage out of the features. It has enabled us to gain popularity. It has great features."
"The feature that we find most valuable is the VPN, which ensures that people working remotely have a secure connection."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"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."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"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."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"I've had experience with Sophos XG's threat intelligence features, and they provide good coverage, although I wouldn't say they're the best in the industry. The sandbox feature is available with top-tier subscriptions, allowing you to test content in a cloud sandbox. One improvement I'd suggest for Sophos XG is to make certain functionalities, like CR functionality, part of the default firewalling rather than exclusive to premium subscriptions. Enhancing DLP capabilities at the gateway level could significantly boost security for organizations."
"Sophos XG could improve the policies, they are a bit confusing when creating them. There are many options that make it confusing and it could be simplified."
"I would prefer if Sophos XG were cheaper. A lower price would benefit me as a system provider for the end customer. The cost of the license and renewal for all the software and devices is somewhat high."
"Could have a more simplified functionality for users."
"The weakest point is the technical support because they are difficult to get into contact with."
"It would be great if the user can have a portal to check on activities related to their account."
"The time taken by Sophos XG's support team to respond to and resolve an issue is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"We feel that the GUI can be improved a bit because it has a lot of information and looks a bit outdated."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. 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 XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW, Fortinet FortiOS and Huawei NGFW, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. Sophos XG report.
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