We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and SonicWall NSa 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."FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"Sangfor has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"While the features are not dissimilar to other brands, configuration is much more simple, which works out great for Indonesian people."
"It's a very simple to use product."
"It is a stable solution."
"The VPN connectivity feature is really nice."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"Content filtering reduces the load on the available bandwidth and restricts employees from using distracting websites on the job, which leads to more productive hours."
"With the deployment of the SonicWall NSA solution, we never suffered a problem due to invasion or contamination of any kind."
"SonicWall NSA is easy to deploy, easy to maintain, and easy to configure."
"SonicWall NS has a lot of valuable features. One of the best SonicWall NSa features is the ability to collect mini routers and get only one user connection."
"The most valuable features to us are the security services which is a critical factor in our deployment. Today we need to have all the security services enabled because firewalls are not enough."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"SonicWall has all the usual functions, like LAN configurations, security features, word filters, etc., but it also has the CFS agent, which isn't available in any other firewall. Reporting port support is also there."
"Content Filtering and sandboxing are valuable features."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"The solution should be able to work in a hybrid setup."
"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."
"The setup phase is quite complex."
"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."
"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."
"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 solution has too many bugs and these slow down the implementation."
"The firewall system needs gradual improvements because there are more threats and challenges every day."
"One area for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the GUI. It isn't easy to understand. The support for SonicWall NSa is mediocre, which is another area for improvement."
"The thing main thing is that there's no user admin and in other firewalls, we can enable the scalable features, but SonicWall doesn't have that feature."
"We're not particularly fond of the way it generally performs. We are finding ourselves rebooting often. There are freeze-ups and that kind of thing. The stability needs to improve exponentially."
"The scalability is something that should be improved."
"A room for improvement in SonicWall NSa is the log server because it could be more user-friendly compared to Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks. My company has many rule sets up for review, so sometimes, my team needs to use Excel for filtering, but the UI cannot support the Excel function."
"SonicWall needs to work on SD-WAN."
"The anti-spam requires a specific Java version on the server side (do not update it, otherwise it will break)."
"The product has a lot of bugs, actually. We are facing some issues with this product. The DPI SSL feature which is there, it is not working properly."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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