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."FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"It enables us to not only detect but also prevent various types of incoming threats, allowing us to take appropriate corrective actions and exercise control over the network."
"Sangfor has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"While the features are not dissimilar to other brands, configuration is much more simple, which works out great for Indonesian people."
"It's a very simple to use product."
"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 built-in features function as intended, providing exceptional value."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"It is a stable product... I rate the solution's technical support a nine out of ten...The initial setup is quite easy because they have all the information on their website."
"It meets our compliance needs in an elastic computer environment."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"The scalability is good."
"The most valuable feature is ransomware protection."
"The initial setup has been fine."
"The features that I've known to be most valuable are both the web security features as well as the web firewall capabilities. As a partner of Sophos firewall, we have some clients and they are using Sophos firewall UTM and we are using it as well."
"Sophos UTM has improved the porting section. It has improved security by seeing the gaps. For example, when you discover that an entry has been using a certain application, with Sophos UTM acting as a Layer 7 firewall, you can block the application, not the port."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"The reports are very basic."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"Our experience with its customer support was quite challenging."
"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."
"I believe that IAM and NGFW need to merge into a single box, instead of there being two separate box solutions."
"They need to improve their research team and they need to study their data to analyze it and build the product."
"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."
"The product must provide more IPS features."
"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 interface and user experience are horrible."
"They could use more SSL VPN support."
"There can be a delay when it comes to reaching out to technical support."
"We need to speed up the support."
"They could reduce the price."
"Stay away from the wireless models, since you cannot put them in HA. They start to give you some weird issues once you start getting into multiple SSIDs and networks."
"There's an issue that when we deploy UTM on fiber, it automatically upgrades to the latest version without giving an option to stay on the current one."
"The reporting system needs to allow for customizations because many reports do not include details that we expect."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 29 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 7.8, 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, Fortinet FortiOS and Cisco Secure Firewall, 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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