We performed a comparison between Meraki MX 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 feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"Easy to deploy with a simple configuration."
"The most valuable feature is that we didn't have any problems with Meraki MX."
"I like the automatic firmware updates. We use the Active Directory to authenticate VPN users."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"It is easy to manage, which is one of the most important things for us. It is also flexible, stable, and scalable."
"The solution is good for load balancing."
"Site to Site VPN: The device can establish a VPN connection to multiple sites in a mesh environment in seconds, and without complex VPN knowledge."
"Point-to-point VPNs can dynamically follow IP changes with no need for static IPs."
"Particularly good in the DPI where we can inspect inbound and outbound traffic."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"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."
"The product is very fast and reliable."
"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."
"It is a stable solution."
"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."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the license is not renewed at expiration date."
"They're very complacent and I find the rule set to be a little arcane."
"The whole Cisco Meraki range requires easier access for cameras. For a security center, it would be helpful to have easier access to cameras through the portal. Its licensing cost could also be better."
"As far as what needs to be improved — nothing really comes to mind. It does what we need it to do."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"Right now, you can postpone the update but eventually, if you don't do the update, it will install the updates automatically for you and that's something that is not working for me."
"I believe that IAM and NGFW need to merge into a single box, instead of there being two separate box solutions."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve the policies and default criteria. They could be much better."
"It does not offer any recommendations on how to mitigate or control attacks."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
"The setup phase is quite complex."
"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."
"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."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense and Check Point NGFW. See our Meraki MX vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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