We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and Sangfor NGAF based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"Good load balancing feature."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The interface is very good."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"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 price versus value is good because the solution is less expensive than Sophos, Fortinet, or SonicWall."
"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 four steps one can configure the entire firewall."
"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."
"It offers application control features."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve by refining its application control policies, especially in addressing challenges with certain types of applications."
"The product must provide more IPS features."
"An area of improvement for Sangfor NGAF could be in the field of reporting and logging."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"I believe that IAM and NGFW need to merge into a single box, instead of there being two separate box solutions."
"The firewall system needs gradual improvements because there are more threats and challenges every day."
"The support for YouTube or the Internet is not enough."
Earn 20 points
McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 31 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] 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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