We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen 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."FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"I think Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is one of the most advanced firewall platforms. I also like that it's easy to get top-level support right away. You get that security, and if you make a mistake, it doesn't break."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"Its central management, especially when it comes to distributed environments, is great. I can generate and save a setting and then apply that setting across the network with just one click."
"Their GPS possibilities and the security that it has, especially the SD-WAN functionality, is very good."
"Good identity fire walling, malware protection and application control features."
"The ability to be deployed and supported remotely is valuable."
"Scalability is good; the company wants to be able to handle large customers."
"Single device, multiple functions - I do not need to purchase a web application firewall, a proxy server, a VPN device and so many others because these are all built in to this one device."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"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."
"The product is very fast and reliable."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"The VPN connectivity feature is really nice."
"So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic."
"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."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"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."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"Its customer service could be better."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"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."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"To start working with spam, it takes a while because the product has to see that multiple emails are coming in with all the spam. If it could reduce that amount of time, then we would reduce the amount of users who are receiving spam."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"Its interface could be better."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"The technical manuals, at times, have images that don't match the actual screens and are not always as clear as they could be on the configuration."
"There is room for improvement in performance and the support language. The support they're providing right now is from a different country, and in our country, there are people—network admins and IT heads—who don't speak English properly. So Barracuda needs to provide support agents who speak additional languages, such as Bangla."
"They need to improve their research team and they need to study their data to analyze it and build the product."
"It does not offer any recommendations on how to mitigate or control attacks."
"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
"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."
"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 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."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Fortinet FortiOS. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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