We performed a comparison between Hillstone CloudEdge and Sangfor NGAF based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"It's very easy to configure."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"Technical support is very good."
"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 most valuable features are the WAN optimization, the internet access gateway (IAG), and the central console, which allows us to implement on their firewall."
"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor NGAF is its integration."
"The built-in features function as intended, providing exceptional value."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"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 support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"There is room for improvement in dependency on certain infrastructure, like the DNS dependency on the current DNS server that the company has. It should be standalone. It should not depend on any other DNS server."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
"The interface and user experience are horrible."
"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."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"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."
Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with , whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Fortinet FortiOS.
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