We performed a comparison between Meraki MX and Sangfor NGAF 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 interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"Ease of management is the best thing about the solution."
"It is very easy to use and manage. It is also very easy to scale."
"It is very fast to implement."
"Its ease of configuration and management is very useful for us and for other companies that don't have an onsite IT person. It is easy to configure and easy to manage. It is easy to configure the VPN with the Auto VPN feature."
"I use Meraki in my POCs and with my customers as well."
"Simple to manage."
"Site to Site VPN: The device can establish a VPN connection to multiple sites in a mesh environment in seconds, and without complex VPN knowledge."
"The simplicity of configuration is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."
"The stability of Sangfor NGAF is good."
"SSL VPN is the best feature."
"Sangfor NGAF's standout feature is its powerful application control, enabling precise restrictions on mobile user access to approved applications."
"The absolute best part of Sangfor NGAF is their support. It's a 24/7 support channel, and the last time I requested their assistance I got a reply within three minutes. They helped solve the problem immediately."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"Sangfor has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"It would be great if the Meraki devices let us see, in real time, the internet demand on a single device."
"We could have more reporting options and the ability to send alarms to the administrator."
"The client-side VPN is weak. The product could be improved with deployment templates."
"From the improvement perspective, we need more monitoring capabilities. We want to have full-based access visibility, such as, what is happening when something is trying to reach and it is denying. We cannot see some parts of it. The integration of active directory with this product is not very fruitful. It has some bugs or lacks in the functionality of active directory integration. We are unable to identify where exactly and whether it has really applied our policy."
"As far as what needs to be improved — nothing really comes to mind. It does what we need it to do."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
"MX can only be managed via a web interface, but I'm accustomed to using a CLI or a graphical interface. I would also like to see more reporting features. It doesn't provide enough information for me to know precisely about some clients."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"The reporting and log management could be improved."
"The support for YouTube or the Internet is not enough."
"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."
"It does not offer any recommendations on how to mitigate or control attacks."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
"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."
"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."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews while Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sangfor NGAF writes "Affordable, easy to configure firewall with fast, responsive support". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense, whereas Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our Meraki MX vs. Sangfor NGAF report.
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