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."It is a safe product."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"The GUI is good."
"The most valuables features are the ease of use and deployment."
"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues at all while using the product."
"Its technical support is excellent."
"FortiGate-VM has many valuable features: it's easy to use, it's intuitive, it's got very good traffic inspection features, it's got comprehensive filtering categories, and it has an extensive threat database, using FortiGuard."
"The dashboards are a good feature."
"I really like that it's internationally deployable."
"It's a very simple solution to manage."
"The solution offers good documentation."
"Technical support is very good."
"In four steps one can configure the entire firewall."
"Particularly good in the DPI where we can inspect inbound and outbound traffic."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"It's a very simple to use product."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"The price versus value is good because the solution is less expensive than Sophos, Fortinet, or SonicWall."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"They should keep us up to date about the latest version. That's the biggest thing. Currently, we have to go looking for the latest version. We should get notified about what's going on with the versions. I would like to see easier dual-factor authentication."
"We are experiencing a failed login issue. There should also be improvements in functionalities we store to enhance our services."
"The product needs to focus on cloud-nativeness and pricing."
"The technical support is not very responsive and is an area that needs to be improved."
"We have lost some information and we do not know how that happened through the solution. So that needs improvement."
"Capacity-wise, I think the solution's log storage area is something that needs to be increased since, by default, it stores logs for only seven days."
"It needs an Application Inspection."
"We face some issues with the IPsec connection during replication."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"Sangfor could improve by providing better real-time reporting, as the current reports don't offer the level of detail we need, especially for runtime insights."
"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."
"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."
"The setup phase is quite complex."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"I believe that IAM and NGFW need to merge into a single box, instead of there being two separate box solutions."
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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