We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM 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."This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuables features are the ease of use and deployment."
"The dashboards are a good feature."
"It is highly scalable because it has a mesh architecture that allows consistent policies."
"FortiGate-VM's firewall is excellent."
"I like the visibility and monitoring features because they're easy to use to monitor traffic. Features like geo-blocking and more have AI, and we're currently using all of it. But for now, we're only using geo-blocking, and we're able to block traffic from different countries. I also like that it's highly responsive. VM04 is also very powerful."
"The configuration, graphical interface and command line are easy to use."
"FortiGate is a nice and very good product."
"The most valuable features are locking applications from in and out of my test network and testing malware on different devices. I use malware detection, antivirus, and basic firewall policies to check for different types of security breaches. The UI is really nice and easy to use."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"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."
"It offers application control features."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor NGAF is its integration."
"The built-in features function as intended, providing exceptional value."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"The biggest "gotcha" is that if the client purchases what they call the UTM shared bundle, which has unified threat management on both, it's not as easy to manage if you have more than one firewall."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"Deployment can be difficult and they could dispense with reliance on FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"Web filtering is a feature that needs some improvement. There should be some additional features to allow active users to change their own passwords."
"We face some issues with the IPsec connection during replication."
"The key activation is very complicated at times."
"I have had a data issue with physical devices that could improve."
"There should be integration with an active directory — with Microsoft."
"It has a monitoring tool, but it could be improved."
"The solution could use very well-defined support for resellers."
"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."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve the policies and default criteria. They could be much better."
"The web interface needs to be improved, making it more user-friendly."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve by refining its application control policies, especially in addressing challenges with certain types of applications."
"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."
"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."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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