We performed a comparison between Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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."I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"There are plenty of features available in this solution, such as attack blocker and spam blocker. Additionally, it is very robust and in-depth."
"I like all the functions and features."
"The most important feature is the firewall. We can make rules to filter the application layer of traffic. It's a very helpful feature."
"The best feature is the packet inspection; compared to solutions like Cisco and FortiGate, Palo Alto's packet inspection is much less CPU intensive, allowing it to detect threats embedded within packages more quickly and efficiently."
"It helps the organization function better by virtue of cleaner and more predictive Internet access and usage being conducted by the employees and constituents of the company. It helps ensure that they have a stronger security posture. It is preventive medicine If you have DNS Security in place. You will be happy you had it. If you don't have it, you may never need it. However, if you did need it, and didn't have it, you will wish that you did. It is one of those things, like insurance."
"The product's most valuable features are the ease of deployment, regularly updated security information, and robust hardware."
"This is arguably the best security protection that you can buy."
"It's one of the best products I've worked with. It's typically a market leader on Gartner. It's a very respected brand."
"It is a stable solution."
"The VPN connectivity feature is really nice."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"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."
"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."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"Technical support is very good."
"SSL VPN is the best feature."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"With the reports, you can see it, and you can get good feelings so upper management can go, "Oh, wow. That looks pretty." However, it's very basic."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"They could improve their support and pricing and maybe integration. It's a little more expensive that Check Point but the quality is better. Integration with firewall endpoints could be better. Palo Alto does have very good malware or antivirus protection. I think they could improve on that front."
"The support could be improved. Palo Alto does not have a support team located in Bangladesh, and their support team operates from another location. Therefore, when we raise a ticket, it takes some time for them to respond, which can be problematic for us."
"I think they need to have a proper hardware version for a smaller enterprise. We had to go to a very high-end version which is very expensive. If we chose the lower-end version, it would not meet our goals. A middle-end is missing in its portfolio."
"Palo Alto needs to improve their training. They do not invest in their partners. I have been a partner for seven years, and it is very expensive for me to certify my engineers."
"I would like to see it provide us with intelligent information from the data that it captures, within the same cost."
"The cost has room for improvement."
"The functionalities are limited."
"The cost of the device is very high."
"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."
"Sangfor need greater exposer in the market because the market is mainly saturated by Fortinet. The user experience of Fortinet is quite different compared to NGAF. If we want to switch our users from Fortinet to NGAF, we have to convince them that the user experience will be much easier once once they start to use it."
"Sangfor has recently increased their prices."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"The interface and user experience are horrible."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
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Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 164 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Stormshield Network Security, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW, Fortinet FortiOS and Huawei NGFW. See our Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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