We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and SonicWall TZ 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 feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"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 stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The interface is very good."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"The price versus value is good because the solution is less expensive than Sophos, Fortinet, or SonicWall."
"The built-in features function as intended, providing exceptional value."
"Particularly good in the DPI where we can inspect inbound and outbound traffic."
"In four steps one can configure the entire firewall."
"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 has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"The product is very fast and reliable."
"It is a stable solution."
"The network security is great."
"We are able to block whatever we want to block by using this product. It provides all required security features, such as content filtering, VPN, in one box. Before switching to SonicWall, we had specified all required features."
"Most of the features are useful. It is easy to configure and easy to troubleshoot. I can see the utilization of different networks, and there are also App control features."
"SonicWall TZ is stable."
"It's a stable solution."
"The solution boasts good performance and is easy to use."
"Technical support is good."
"Access restriction and IP whitelisting are the most valuable features."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"It does not offer any recommendations on how to mitigate or control attacks."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"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."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"The product must provide more IPS features."
"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."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
"Support for SonicWall TZ needs improvement, particularly the time it takes before you're able to speak to a support person, e.g. you have to wait for at least 30 minutes on the phone."
"Full monitoring obviously needs to be improved. We need full monitoring covered under the security licensing."
"There can be an improvement in analysis and reporting. We need enhancement on the reporting side."
"Sonic Analyzer could be improved. It's difficult to manage and not very intuitive."
"Pricing could be lowered slightly."
"We have been facing issues with reporting."
"The solution has lost the trust of its customers because of moving from one company to another."
"An additional feature that I would like to see is reporting that includes metrics to give me more information about the number of viruses that it has actually detected and interrupted."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. 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 TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and SonicWall NSa. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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