We performed a comparison between Forcepoint Next Generation 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."Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"The GUI is good."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"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."
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"I like the IPS. IPS is the master feature. I depend on the firewall and sandbox."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"I have found that Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is easy to use, highly secure, and the main VPN tunnel is created automatically which is a benefit."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"The Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a scalable product."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"We like the scalability of Forcepoint because with the Forcepoint NGFW solution, we can scale anything. The solution has central management, so we can manage all the branches and devices centrally in one controller."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"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."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"It offers application control features."
"In four steps one can configure the entire firewall."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"SSL VPN is the best feature."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"My only complaint about FortiGate is a lack of QinQ VLAN tunneling. I haven't found this feature in any Fortinet product. You can do this on all Cisco routers, including the smaller models. However, QinQ isn't available on the biggest, most expensive Fortinet units. They still don't have that. I think now we're on software version 6.0, and they still haven't found a solution for QinQ. It isn't a dealbreaker, but that's my main complaint."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"It's a complicated firewall. Until you come to know the firewall inducers, most people don't like the firewall because the components for the firewall are a little bit complex. User-friendliness is a little bit tough. It needs to be user-friendly when creating policies, and pushing policies. Committing takes more time compared to Palo Alto."
"My team is looking for more throughput and better integration with our security framework."
"The solution's support could use improvement."
"Something that I've noticed that Forcepoint lacks, is the training that they offer to their end-customers"
"The security features need to be improved."
"They need to increase the local support here. There are also some bugs or fixes on which they need to work. They very well know about these bugs. In terms of licensing, I would like them to either increase the number of features in a single license or make licensing more flexible."
"This solution would be improved with the inclusion of custom reporting."
"Next Generation Firewall's configuration could be improved."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"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."
"They need to improve their research team and they need to study their data to analyze it and build the product."
"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."
"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."
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Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Meraki MX, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and H3C SecPath Firewalls. See our Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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