We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW 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 most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point NGFW is it is a complete solution for protecting not only the network but the applications. Additionally, it provides a hybrid cloud solution."
"There is a lot of legacy traffic from other vendors that has been migrated to Check Point which has resulted in a lot of stability in our environment."
"After introducing this NGFW, we have improved our security posture, and now, have peace of mind."
"Check Point NGFW generates very helpful reports based on the logs of the activated features."
"What gives me the most value is undoubtedly the security that the anti-bot and anti-virus blades provide."
"Check Point has a centralized console that makes it possible to manage all the deployed equipment. It also has a built-in VPN service that lets users connect through VPN to our organization, which facilitates teleworking while cutting off unauthorized access to the organization's internal network."
"Extracting data from the logs and utilizing the log analyzer tool provides valuable insights and enhances the product's overall effectiveness."
"The security posture assessment with two-factor authentication has saved more time and commercial costs by avoiding deploying having to deploy another solution."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"The price versus value is good because the solution is less expensive than Sophos, Fortinet, or SonicWall."
"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."
"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 stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"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."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The SmartUpdate interface is a little bit crowded if your company has a lot of software items."
"Improvement regarding the expansion of the SMS's compatibility to include various virtualization environments would be beneficial."
"If you have a long ruleset, you may experience performance issues on the GUI, and installing rule changes on gateways can take a comparatively long time."
"I would like the user interface to be more user-friendly. I want the UI to be easier to use than Check Point's competitors."
"Management: Check Point should move away from its current architecture wherein it mandatorily requires a management server to manage the gateways. They should develop A feature in the gateway itself so that no management server is needed for policy and gateway management."
"I would like there to be a way to run packet captures more easily in the GUI environment. Right now, if we want to read packet captures, we have to do so from the command line."
"It's too expensive for mid-market companies."
"The one thing I have been continually asking for is a more robust certification process including self-paced study material similar to Cisco's Security certification track."
"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."
"The tool is expensive."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"The setup phase is quite complex."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
"The firewall system needs gradual improvements because there are more threats and challenges every day."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 277 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and KerioControl, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Fortinet FortiOS and Huawei NGFW. See our Check Point NGFW vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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