We performed a comparison between Sangfor NGAF and Sophos XG 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 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."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"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."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"It performs very well."
"So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic."
"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."
"It seems to be a durable, stable product."
"We can utilize our own network rather than paying for a private one."
"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."
"While the features are not dissimilar to other brands, configuration is much more simple, which works out great for Indonesian people."
"The level of support provided to local companies is good. They transform their application control and other settings according to that country."
"Sangfor has the best capabilities for securing connections, securing web browsers, securing servers, and general threat protection."
"The most valuable feature I have found to be the reporting function."
"I like the tunneling part which we are using for the VOIP. We have various other sites where we connect via tunneling. The tunneling part is very fast and easy to implement."
"The most valuable features are its nice interfaces and configuration. The endpoint is also very good."
"The initial setup is very straightforward and the solution is extremely user-friendly."
"In my experience, the solution was easy to use, has lots of features, and is easy to configure."
"I have found the solution easy to use and fully integrated."
"Sophos XG is very useful, it does many things."
"Technical support is responsive."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"The GUI needs to be improved, lacks logic in some areas."
"The tool is expensive."
"They need to improve their research team and they need to study their data to analyze it and build the product."
"The setup phase is quite complex."
"Sangfor has recently increased their prices."
"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."
"Sangfor NGAF could improve the policies and default criteria. They could be much better."
"The interface and user experience are horrible."
"On reports, they sometimes give a summary, but it lists different users as unknown. There are times that I really want to know which user or which IP is causing a problem."
"We recently did an upgrade on the Sophos XG firmware and we were surprised that after the upgrade, the automatic switch actually we were using did not work anymore."
"The reports could improve, they do not seem complete and more information could be added."
"The initial set up process can be a little tricky, especially when you are registering with Sophos using your registration number. Setup is not necessarily complex, but it's not trouble-free. You do have connectivity issues at the initial setup with registering the device on the Sophos platform to access the advanced features. It doesn't always go through the first time around. That may be an issue with the quality of our automation. I'm not sure exactly what it is."
"The cloud support needs to be improved."
"In the Firewall, the Intrusion Prevention System can be improved."
"SD-WAN needs to be improved because it often fails at the network security level."
"Scalability it is a bit limited. We did a sizing exercise before the purchase. But that was just to fit our current needs. There was no room for having an option to upgrade the device. The only option that we have if we are grow in the near future, is to go for another model with higher specs, which is actually more expensive. In other words it doesn't have that modularity ."
Sangfor NGAF is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 31 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Sangfor NGAF is rated 8.0, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. 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 XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Sangfor NGAF is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Check Point NGFW, Fortinet FortiOS and SonicWall NSa, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway. See our Sangfor NGAF vs. Sophos XG report.
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