We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and Sophos UTM 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 features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"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."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"Fortinet FortiGate has many valuable features, such as IDS, and intrusion detection. It has security features that are in part with the technologies that are available in the market."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"The product is very fast and reliable."
"Particularly good in the DPI where we can inspect inbound and outbound traffic."
"Sangfor NGAF's standout feature is its powerful application control, enabling precise restrictions on mobile user access to approved applications."
"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."
"Sangfor NGAF specializes in ransomware detection and helps to protect our network from ransomware threats and malware."
"In terms of the most valuable features, the IPS report is quick and updated. Performance is also valuable."
"Sangfor is a good solution that provides a WAF and firewall solution. Most other vendors, like Sophos and Fortinet and Cisco, only provide one solution. That's a valuable feature of Sangfor."
"The most valuable feature of Sangfor NGAF is its integration."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"Sophos UTM provides security for our network here and access through a VPN connection for our remote users. It also offers the flexibility to create different tools for accessibility."
"It meets our compliance needs in an elastic computer environment."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
"With over 150 firewalls in our portal, management and monitoring have never been easier."
"The three most important features for us are web protection, web server protection, and network protection."
"An easy solution to learn because the graphics are very intuitive."
"Sophos UTM has a good user interface and granular security controls."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"The product must provide more IPS features."
"The support for YouTube or the Internet is not enough."
"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."
"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."
"The web interface needs to be improved, making it more user-friendly."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"The firewall system needs gradual improvements because there are more threats and challenges every day."
"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."
"Last year, Sophos had some major internal management changes that negatively impacted their support."
"The solution is not scalable."
"The UI can be cumbersome and, sometimes, features are not where you think they should be."
"Initially, there were issues with the wireless network as wireless access points were disappearing from the dashboard after some time."
"I didn't like it much. It suits only small businesses. It isn't scalable and reliable. There is a very critical issue with the power supply."
"When we call support, we get put on hold for a long time."
"We need to speed up the support."
"I would like to see Sophos UTM add support for all the new threat-detection technologies and the ability to respond to novel security threats that come along every day."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and SonicWall NSa, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. Sophos UTM report.
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