As there are some problems with the product partner, my company has not been able to fit in the web-filtering functionality of the product to meet our needs. So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic. I don't recommend the product to others who plan to use it, considering that the tool has problems in areas like support and deployment. I rate the product a four out of ten.
Infrastructure Department Head at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
2023-09-26T07:42:11Z
Sep 26, 2023
I hope that its distributor possesses a high level of product knowledge, and the same applies to Sangfor itself as the principal company. This would enable customers to have a more seamless and enriching experience with the product, eliminating any barriers or disconnect between our team, the customers, and the software. Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.
Director Technology & Service Delivery at Innolytix Pakistan Pvt Ltd
Real User
Top 5
2023-09-18T08:20:46Z
Sep 18, 2023
Sangfor is a security company, and whenever we pitch their complete solution to security, the customer normally takes it case by case. First, they normally get the firewalls, then the rest of the solution's offerings to get 360-degree security for their organization. Sangfor is always coming up with something new to add value to their products. In their Internet access gateway, they are introducing a new feature called data leak prevention and stuff like that. When it comes to security, people are very touchy, especially customers. They want good security parameters when it comes to security. If any principal comes up with new technologies and offerings within the same bundle, customers see that it adds value. My clients wanted to have an appliance or a virtual firewall on-premises. The rest of the collaboration comes with Neural-X, which needs the Internet so that customers can get information about new threats and malicious viruses so that it can get updated on the fly. Regarding the sizing, we keep providing the growth factor for the customer. For example, if the customer has 1,000 users, we oversize it, considering a growth factor of 10% to 15% per year. If the customer grows, they won't have to rip and replace their appliances. They have the provision to have peace of mind for three to five years. The Pakistani market is tricky, where people are very conscious of prices. You need to add value by having good pricing and technical capabilities. Rating Sangfor NGAF technically and financially, I rate it a nine out of ten. Rating it financially, it was a ten out of ten six months back. But not now.
Deputy Manager IT at National Insurance Company Limited
Real User
Top 10
2023-08-23T09:15:13Z
Aug 23, 2023
If it fulfills the basic features, it is cheaper than and better than, cost-effective than the other two brands, Fortinet and Sophos. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Network Administrator at Lyceum of the philppines University
Real User
Top 20
2023-05-26T05:58:30Z
May 26, 2023
I rate Sangfor NGAF nine out of 10. You might try Sangfor if you are on a tight budget. The price is affordable, and Sangfor offers a lot of features. We don't have any complaints about Sangfor.
Technical Sales Manager at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Reseller
Top 20
2022-12-28T07:32:39Z
Dec 28, 2022
I would not recommend use of the solution at all. There has not been one single improvement or feature update in the last year. The solution is very bad at R&D. The solution also keeps changing names and product positioning. It used to be called Butler, then Cloud Platforms. There is not a single Sangfor employee right now outside of China who can give an explanation of their products. They don't know how the products even work. For example, they can't explain who can book the NGAF with Neural-X, with Engine Zero, or with a Platform-X or Butler cyber command. I rate the solution a four out of ten.
Network Administrator at Government College University
Real User
Top 20
2022-09-15T14:22:19Z
Sep 15, 2022
Whether or not this solution is good for you depends on your network. If you have sufficient technical support, then you can go for an open-source solution. Without that and if you have the funds, then this is a good solution. If not, then most of what firewalls do these days can be handled by an open-source solution. This is a new solution in our country where the price tag really matters. They have targeted the public sector and I'm seeing more and more people moving towards Sangfor because it's cheaper than other products, and the support is quite good. I rate the solution seven out of 10.
Network Administrator at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
Real User
Top 5
2022-08-25T14:18:00Z
Aug 25, 2022
My advice to others is they should try the solution. I have experienced other solutions, such as Fortinet and I feel much better using this solution overall. I rate Sangfor NGAF a nine out of ten.
I rate this product an eight out of ten because we don't know what we may need from this solution in the future. We are satisfied and hope to upgrade to a new version soon. However, right now, our current version is working fine. In terms of advice, we would recommend Sangfor NGAF. But, a company should first prepare an analysis, compare different products, and then decide what they want.
We have six people managing IT operations. We have not had any issues in the first six months of using this solution. If you want to deploy a firewall in your infrastructure, Fortinet, Sangfor and Sophos are the best solutions to protect traffic. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
This product is very user-friendly, and its Layer 7 security is very much improved. It can be customized to a very deep level. I would give this solution a score of eight out of ten.
I would recommend this solution to others. I have clients that are switching from Fortinet to Sangfor NGAF because the price of Fortinet's service is increasing. Sangfor NGAF has good integration with their endpoints which makes it a very attractive offering. Sangfor is arranging much-needed training for resellers. There needs to be better marketing awareness not for the reseller, but for the consumer here in Malaysia. Sangfor needs to do some advertisements to attract more market awareness. Relying on resellers can be difficult when the market is very large. However, resellers do focus on their product, they also try to engage, and hire more. I rate Sangfor NGAF an eight out of ten.
I am a customer and use Sangfor NGAF 5600 in my premises. There are more than 2,000 users making use of the solution in my company. The solution is quite safe and good. Furthermore, it is very good for different environments. I rate Sangfor NGAF as a nine-point-five out of ten.
We are Sangfor Gold partners. I'd recommend this solution for the SMB market, as it is cost-effective and reliable. If a company is enterprise-sized, something like Sophos may be more suitable. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.
Deputy Manager IT at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2021-02-09T17:54:11Z
Feb 9, 2021
My advice is that if you have a large enough budget then implement Palo Alto. Alternatively, with a lesser budget, I recommend using Sangfor. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Director Technology & Service Delivery at Innolytix Pakistan Pvt Ltd
Real User
Top 5
2020-06-18T05:17:44Z
Jun 18, 2020
It's important to note that the performance of the solution depends on the initial pre-working and sizing. The sizing is handled by the company and they know their product, so they normally size it very well. They also put in provision for future growth so there's never an issue of performance. There's no such thing as 100% so I would rate this solution a nine out of 10.
Sangfor NGAF is a good product. People should try it, especially those who are not using the software. These firewalls are great and everything is becoming properly defined, even the network, the computer, the firewalls, storage, and everything is just waiting to be properly defined. It's a unique combination and people should try it. In the future, I would like to see it being controlled by an automatic, virtual orchestrator to control the firewall and all the data. One a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a nine.
Sangfor Next Generation Firewall (also known as NGAF) is a converged security solution providing protection against advanced threat, malware, viruses, ransomware and web-based attacks using integrated security features like firewall, IPS, anti-virus, anti-malware, APT, URL filtering, Cloud Sandbox, and WAF. As the world's first AI-enabled and fully integrated Next Generation Firewall & Web Application Firewall (WAF), NGAF offering the security visibility, real-time detection and...
As there are some problems with the product partner, my company has not been able to fit in the web-filtering functionality of the product to meet our needs. So far, the performance and reliability of the product have supported our company's critical network traffic. I don't recommend the product to others who plan to use it, considering that the tool has problems in areas like support and deployment. I rate the product a four out of ten.
Overall, I would rate Sangfor NGAF as a six out of ten.
Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.
I recommend the solution to friends. We are very happy with it. Overall, I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
I hope that its distributor possesses a high level of product knowledge, and the same applies to Sangfor itself as the principal company. This would enable customers to have a more seamless and enriching experience with the product, eliminating any barriers or disconnect between our team, the customers, and the software. Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.
Deploying Sangfor NGAF proves highly advantageous for small and medium-sized businesses. Overall, I would rate it seven out of ten.
Sangfor is a security company, and whenever we pitch their complete solution to security, the customer normally takes it case by case. First, they normally get the firewalls, then the rest of the solution's offerings to get 360-degree security for their organization. Sangfor is always coming up with something new to add value to their products. In their Internet access gateway, they are introducing a new feature called data leak prevention and stuff like that. When it comes to security, people are very touchy, especially customers. They want good security parameters when it comes to security. If any principal comes up with new technologies and offerings within the same bundle, customers see that it adds value. My clients wanted to have an appliance or a virtual firewall on-premises. The rest of the collaboration comes with Neural-X, which needs the Internet so that customers can get information about new threats and malicious viruses so that it can get updated on the fly. Regarding the sizing, we keep providing the growth factor for the customer. For example, if the customer has 1,000 users, we oversize it, considering a growth factor of 10% to 15% per year. If the customer grows, they won't have to rip and replace their appliances. They have the provision to have peace of mind for three to five years. The Pakistani market is tricky, where people are very conscious of prices. You need to add value by having good pricing and technical capabilities. Rating Sangfor NGAF technically and financially, I rate it a nine out of ten. Rating it financially, it was a ten out of ten six months back. But not now.
If it fulfills the basic features, it is cheaper than and better than, cost-effective than the other two brands, Fortinet and Sophos. Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
I rate Sangfor NGAF nine out of 10. You might try Sangfor if you are on a tight budget. The price is affordable, and Sangfor offers a lot of features. We don't have any complaints about Sangfor.
Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.
I would not recommend use of the solution at all. There has not been one single improvement or feature update in the last year. The solution is very bad at R&D. The solution also keeps changing names and product positioning. It used to be called Butler, then Cloud Platforms. There is not a single Sangfor employee right now outside of China who can give an explanation of their products. They don't know how the products even work. For example, they can't explain who can book the NGAF with Neural-X, with Engine Zero, or with a Platform-X or Butler cyber command. I rate the solution a four out of ten.
I would rate Sangfor NGAF a ten out of ten.
Whether or not this solution is good for you depends on your network. If you have sufficient technical support, then you can go for an open-source solution. Without that and if you have the funds, then this is a good solution. If not, then most of what firewalls do these days can be handled by an open-source solution. This is a new solution in our country where the price tag really matters. They have targeted the public sector and I'm seeing more and more people moving towards Sangfor because it's cheaper than other products, and the support is quite good. I rate the solution seven out of 10.
My advice to others is they should try the solution. I have experienced other solutions, such as Fortinet and I feel much better using this solution overall. I rate Sangfor NGAF a nine out of ten.
I rate this product an eight out of ten because we don't know what we may need from this solution in the future. We are satisfied and hope to upgrade to a new version soon. However, right now, our current version is working fine. In terms of advice, we would recommend Sangfor NGAF. But, a company should first prepare an analysis, compare different products, and then decide what they want.
We have six people managing IT operations. We have not had any issues in the first six months of using this solution. If you want to deploy a firewall in your infrastructure, Fortinet, Sangfor and Sophos are the best solutions to protect traffic. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
I rate this solution seven out of 10.
This product is very user-friendly, and its Layer 7 security is very much improved. It can be customized to a very deep level. I would give this solution a score of eight out of ten.
I would recommend this solution to others. I have clients that are switching from Fortinet to Sangfor NGAF because the price of Fortinet's service is increasing. Sangfor NGAF has good integration with their endpoints which makes it a very attractive offering. Sangfor is arranging much-needed training for resellers. There needs to be better marketing awareness not for the reseller, but for the consumer here in Malaysia. Sangfor needs to do some advertisements to attract more market awareness. Relying on resellers can be difficult when the market is very large. However, resellers do focus on their product, they also try to engage, and hire more. I rate Sangfor NGAF an eight out of ten.
I am a customer and use Sangfor NGAF 5600 in my premises. There are more than 2,000 users making use of the solution in my company. The solution is quite safe and good. Furthermore, it is very good for different environments. I rate Sangfor NGAF as a nine-point-five out of ten.
We are Sangfor Gold partners. I'd recommend this solution for the SMB market, as it is cost-effective and reliable. If a company is enterprise-sized, something like Sophos may be more suitable. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.
My advice is that if you have a large enough budget then implement Palo Alto. Alternatively, with a lesser budget, I recommend using Sangfor. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
It's important to note that the performance of the solution depends on the initial pre-working and sizing. The sizing is handled by the company and they know their product, so they normally size it very well. They also put in provision for future growth so there's never an issue of performance. There's no such thing as 100% so I would rate this solution a nine out of 10.
I would recommend this solution. I'd rate it an eight out of ten. Not a ten because it's not so user-friendly and needs better integration.
Sangfor NGAF is a good product. People should try it, especially those who are not using the software. These firewalls are great and everything is becoming properly defined, even the network, the computer, the firewalls, storage, and everything is just waiting to be properly defined. It's a unique combination and people should try it. In the future, I would like to see it being controlled by an automatic, virtual orchestrator to control the firewall and all the data. One a scale of one to ten, I rate this solution a nine.