We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and Sophos XGS 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."It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The product is very fast and reliable."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"In terms of the most valuable features, the IPS report is quick and updated. Performance is also valuable."
"The VPN connectivity feature is really nice."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"It is a stable solution."
"Sangfor has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"The built-in features function as intended, providing exceptional value."
"The most valuable feature of Sophos XGS is its ease of use."
"Sophos XGS has contributed to the reduction of the overall security costs of our company's customers."
"The most valuable features in Sophos XGS are bandwidth management, content filtering, and WAN link management failover. If one internet activity or one link would fail, automatically it will switch over to another one."
"One of the main advantages of Sophos XGS is the processor. You don't have to wait a long time for when you are managing the firewall and the traffic is faster now."
"The scalability of Sophos XGS is very good."
"There are good KCL rules and policies as well as NATing rules."
"It's much faster than the previous firewall, so you can do the work faster."
"The solution is stable."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"They need to improve their research team and they need to study their data to analyze it and build the product."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"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."
"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."
"Sangfor has recently increased their prices."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"The solution has too many bugs and these slow down the implementation."
"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."
"Sophos configurations are a bit complex."
"The solution could improve inspection processes and troubleshooting for VPNs because this area is very weak."
"Sophos XGS would benefit from further development in the SD-WAN area."
"Sophos' technical support has degraded in the last couple of years. They seem to need to ask a lot of questions, even with simple problems, and take a long time to provide solutions."
"We'd always like the solution to be a bit less in terms of cost."
"It would be nice to have features like the network access control (NAC) that Cisco has for Identity Services Engine. In the next release, I would also like to see an increase in the performance of the processing units."
"The price of Sophos XGS could improve, it is high."
"I would like to see them in third-party evaluation reports like Gartner, Magic Quadrant, or Forrester to make it easier for us to show our customers that Sophos is a leader in the market."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews while Sophos XGS is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 62 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while Sophos XGS 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 Sophos XGS writes "Easy to use, simple to learn, and offers great reporting". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas Sophos XGS is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. Sophos XGS report.
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