We performed a comparison between OPNsense 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 FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The solution is very user friendly. The user interface in particular is quite nice."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"The VPN server feature is the most valuable. It is integrated with Radius and AAA for doing accounting and authentication. Insight view is also an important feature for me at this time. It allows me to assess our network traffic. I also like the firewall feature. The BSD kernel has a packet filter. It is one of the most solid frameworks for firewalls. Its user interface is one of the best interfaces I have used."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic."
"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."
"It's a very simple to use product."
"The absolute best part of Sangfor NGAF is their support. It's a 24/7 support channel, and the last time I requested their assistance I got a reply within three minutes. They helped solve the problem immediately."
"Sangfor has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"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."
"It offers application control features."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"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."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"There should be more technical documentation."
"The reporting part could be better."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve by refining its application control policies, especially in addressing challenges with certain types of applications."
"The support offered by the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required. The knowledge levels and response time of the support team need improvement."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve the policies and default criteria. They could be much better."
"The firewall system needs gradual improvements because there are more threats and challenges every day."
"It does not offer any recommendations on how to mitigate or control attacks."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"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."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and WatchGuard Firebox. See our OPNsense vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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