We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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."The performance is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"URL filtering and WildFire features are most valuable. It is very user-friendly. It is a very solid product, and it definitely works."
"Compared to other firewalls from Check Point, Fortinet, and Cisco, for example, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls use the most advanced techniques. They have sandbox integration and others in the orchestrator. Palo Alto's security features are at a higher level than those of the competitors at the moment."
"The configuration is very simple."
"The most valuable features are web filtering and application filtering."
"The best features of this solution are URL filtering and traffic visibility."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls provide a unified platform that natively integrates all security capabilities."
"Some of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls' valuable features are their powerful capabilities and user-friendliness."
"I like to install Palo Alto mainly on the data center side to have visibility into all VLANs. That gives full visibility into the core."
"The product is very fast and reliable."
"The most valuable features are the WAN optimization, the internet access gateway (IAG), and the central console, which allows us to implement on their firewall."
"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"It's a very simple to use product."
"SSL VPN is the best feature."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"Particularly good in the DPI where we can inspect inbound and outbound traffic."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Everything has been great. More machine learning would be something great to see, but I don't know if it's a priority for Palo Alto."
"The solution's VPN, called GlobalProtect, could be improved as I've had a few issues with that."
"Overall it is good. It is reliable and easy to understand. However, the monitoring feature could be improved."
"The customer-facing side needs to be improved in terms of the engagement and involvement of support staff."
"I would like to see more in terms of reporting tools and the threat analysis capabilities."
"The solution doesn't support routing in virtual firewall creation, and we want that to be enabled."
"Sometimes some of the applications the customer has do not respond as they normally should."
"The solution could be more cost-effective."
"The tool is expensive."
"Sangfor has recently increased their prices."
"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."
"The support for YouTube or the Internet is not enough."
"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."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve by refining its application control policies, especially in addressing challenges with certain types of applications."
"I believe that IAM and NGFW need to merge into a single box, instead of there being two separate box solutions."
"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."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 162 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Stormshield Network Security, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW, Fortinet FortiOS and Huawei NGFW. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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