Sangfor NGAF vs SonicWall TZ comparison

Sangfor and SonicWall are both solutions in the Firewalls category. Sangfor is ranked #18 with an average rating of 7.9, while SonicWall is ranked #19 with an average rating of 9.0. Sangfor holds a 1.3% mindshare in Firewalls, compared to SonicWall’s 3.0% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Sangfor users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of SonicWall users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

SonicWall TZ and Sangfor NGAF are competitors in the network security appliance market. Based on the comparison of features, SonicWall TZ holds an advantage with its extensive security capabilities and ease of integration.

Features: SonicWall TZ is known for ease of configuration, extensive security features, and user-friendly management. It can easily handle various VPN setups and integrates smoothly into networks, boasting robust threat detection with deep packet inspection. In comparison, Sangfor NGAF is recognized for its powerful application control, offering advanced monitoring and comprehensive security features, all at an affordable price.

Room for Improvement: SonicWall TZ could enhance its mail security, application detection, and reporting tools. Its support and licensing model needs reconsideration to reduce additional purchases for vital features. Sangfor NGAF should work on better reporting, minimize multiple licenses dependency, and simplify deployment processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SonicWall TZ typically supports on-premises deployment with varied reviews on technical support; some find it effective, while others note slow responses. Sangfor NGAF offers on-premises and hybrid options, with users finding it easy to deploy and manage despite some interface challenges. Customer service is proactive, though some desire more localized support.

Pricing and ROI: SonicWall TZ offers competitive pricing with a yearly license model and is considered a valuable investment for its security features. Sangfor NGAF is noted for its cost-effectiveness, providing significant savings with lower costs than competitors, though maintenance can increase expenses.

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Fortinet FortiGate

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Firewalls category, the mindshare of Fortinet FortiGate is 21.4%, up from 17.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sangfor NGAF is 1.3%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonicWall TZ is 3.0%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

EhabAli

Sr. Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at BMB

Efficient, user-friendly, and affordable

In the past, NSS Labs was utilized to test files and verify the numbers and datasheets. It would be beneficial to have an organization or testing lab that can verify the numbers in our datasheets since changes are frequently made, which can be inconvenient for review. For instance, when comparing different competitors such as Forcepoint, Palo Alto, and Check Point, the throughput or numbers in the datasheet may be lower than the actual numbers. Conversely, Fortinet typically reports very high numbers, but they cannot be replicated in the real world. Therefore, it would be advantageous for them to partner with a neutral testing organization such as NSS Labs to validate these numbers, thus providing more credibility and comfort to everyone regarding the accuracy of the datasheets. For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial. This tool shows a lot of promise and is very good. Making it free would help many companies deliver their products in a more efficient and integrated way. It would also be more valuable to include the tool with the firewall package or license instead of having to pay extra for it. Paying extra puts more pressure on small companies to deliver the firewall and complete the configuration, especially if they have hundreds or thousands of policies. It's very painful to move through these policies line by line. The stability has room for improvement. When it comes to Secure SD-WAN, everything is fine. They are going the right way. SD-WAN is very promising. They can provide the SD-WAN solution separately, but they will not take this approach because even the smallest firewall can support the features, so there is no need to have a separate service or appliance. They are following the right steps, and there is nothing to be improved. Feature-wise, I'm really satisfied with the new release, and the features they have added. For now, it's fine.

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Zaid Farooqui

CIO at Indus Motor Company

Enhanced threat detection with integrated security features and good support

We are using application firewalling, WAF, and SD-WAN. The capabilities are mostly within the box. For example, you will get web application firewall WAF as part and parcel of this. SD-WAN is also bundled. It integrates with their SIEM and SOAR solutions very nicely. Lastly, the pricing point is very cost-efficient as well.

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Rias Majeed

CTO at Exceed NetSec LLC

Robust VPN integration stands out despite needing enhanced vendor compatibility

The integrated VPN functionality is working well with the global VPN client, which is a fast client, though it comes at a cost. SonicWall TZ is functional depending on the service level taken by the user. For SMB segments, SonicWall performs well. Despite lacking certain features, it is still considered a good product. The appliance itself is functional and stable, offering integrated solutions.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."

"Fortinet FortiGate brings numerous benefits to my company."

"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."

"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."

"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."

"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."

"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."

"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."

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"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."

"Sangfor NGAF works accordingly with our customers. The solution has good performance, easy to use, and integrates well with the endpoints."

"Technical support is very good."

"The most valuable feature of Sangfor NGAF is its integration."

"Sangfor is a good solution that provides a WAF and firewall solution. Most other vendors, like Sophos and Fortinet and Cisco, only provide one solution. That's a valuable feature of Sangfor."

"Sangfor NGAF's standout feature is its powerful application control, enabling precise restrictions on mobile user access to approved applications."

"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."

"In our hospital, Sangfor NGAF works well for us in terms of ensuring confidentiality and availability, which are crucial in the healthcare industry."

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"The most valuable feature is the user-friendly navigation."

"The most common feature in the firewall, apart from that traditional firewall, would be the security services, like application control, URL filtering, Gateway Anti-Virus, and IPS protection. These are the essential features in the firewalls which I think, has to be enabled and properly used at every network infrastructure."

"It's been very easy to implement and deploy."

"The general feature is the antivirus policy, followed by the ransomware protection, and these are the features I was looking at."

"It does what it says it is going to do."

"Content filtering and application rules are the most valuable features. It is also easy to configure."

"The solution's VPN is very good for stability and detecting threats."

"The installation is straightforward and took approximately 30 minutes."

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Cons

"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."

"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."

"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."

"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."

"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."

"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."

"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."

"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."

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"The cost of licensing is very high compared to other firewalls available here. There should be improvements in hardware scalability, allowing for more storage and memory capacity."

"Lacks consistency in terms of filtering certain websites and applications."

"I would be happy if Sangfor developed a firewall designed specifically for home use, as well as for small businesses such as clinics and so on. A household version of the Sangfor firewall for your personal computer or laptop would be ideal, in my opinion."

"They need to increase the number of ports in the firewall."

"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."

"Occasional issues with breaches which are dealt with expediently."

"The tool's support is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"The interface and user experience are horrible."

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"Although the pricing is good, it could always be lower. If we get to pay less, we're happier."

"The VPN that is available in the new version is a bit bulky and slower in speed."

"I think content filtering is the area this product should improve. It's a little tricky to get put in correctly."

"The technical support has room for improvement."

"In an upcoming release, SonicWall could improve by adding cloud management for all devices for free or at a nominal cost. Currently, they have a cloud management platform but is not free. We have the MySonicWall portal for purchasing from them for software updates and renewals."

"Sonic Analyzer could be improved. It's difficult to manage and not very intuitive."

"The product needs more free SSL VPN user licenses as the current offering is limited."

"The dashboard needs to be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing for this solution is good."

"The price is highly competitive when compared to other brands that offer similar functionality."

"It is cost-effective, and provides a good value for your money. The pricing, and license renewal, is very reasonable for us."

"It was worth the money overall. It's good value."

"It's very affordable."

"The price is fine."

"The pricing is perfect."

"The price for the Fortinet FortiGate is reasonable. Secure SD-WAN is free of charge. If you have their firewall, it's free of charge. It's very tempting."

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"The price falls in the mid-range, neither exceptionally low nor high."

"It is one of the cheapest tools in the market."

"Sangfor NGAF is a cheaply priced product, especially if I consider the previous product that was used in my company."

"For four to five physical appliances for a licensed firewall, it costs approximately $4,000."

"The license of Sangfor NGAF can be purchased at different interval lengths, such as annually or three years. They offer a range of packages to choose from, such as combo or hybrid packages. We are using the complete solution package which includes IM, NGF and SSL VPN, and WAF."

"We purchased one year technical support and return to factory support, and we also purchased one-year technical support services. So those were additional."

"In my opinion, the price of the tool is good in the Pakistani market. We can easily get discounts if needed."

"The price could be more competitive."

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"The product pricing is justified for the features provided."

"It has a yearly subscription."

"The price is fair for the solution for the quality you receive."

"The solution is expensive."

"The prices are expensive."

"Customers are required to pay for a yearly subscription."

"It is an expensive solution compared to one of its competitors."

"It is highly priced and has a slow performance compared to other firewalls."

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Educational Organization

19%

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14%

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Computer Software Company

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Manufacturing Company

10%

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18%

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Compared 16% of the time

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

FortiGate 60b, FortiGate 60c, FortiGate 80c, FortiGate 50b, FortiGate 200b, FortiGate 110c, FortiGate, Fortinet Firewall

Sangfor NGAF Firewall Platform

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Overview

Fortinet FortiGate offers comprehensive network security and firewall protection across multiple locations. It effectively manages data traffic and secures environments with features like VPN, intrusion prevention, and UTM controls.

Organizations rely on Fortinet FortiGate for its robust integration with advanced security policies, ensuring significant protection for enterprises, cloud environments, and educational sectors. It facilitates network segmentation, application-level security, and authentication management, securing communication within and between locations such as branches and data centers. Its efficient SD-WAN and UTM features enable streamlined data management and enhanced threat protection capabilities. Users appreciate its centralized management, facilitating seamless operations across diverse environments.

What are the key features of Fortinet FortiGate?

VPN Capabilities: Ensure secure remote access for users and seamless site-to-site connections.
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS): Detect and prevent security threats and vulnerabilities.
Advanced Firewall: Offers robust firewalling with application control and web filtering.
SD-WAN: Optimizes application performance and enhances bandwidth management.
SSL VPN: Provides reliable and secure access for remote workers.

What benefits should users expect from Fortinet FortiGate?

High-performance Security: Delivers effective threat mitigation with high availability.
Centralized Management: Simplifies network operations with cloud-based management tools.
Detailed Analytics: Provides comprehensive insights into network activity and security threats.
Load Balancing: Ensures optimal resource distribution and traffic management.

Fortinet FortiGate is crucial in sectors like education, offering robust networks for secure data flow between campuses and facilitating remote learning. In enterprise environments, it allows efficient management of application traffic and security across multiple branches, while in the cloud, it seamlessly integrates with diverse platforms to enhance security infrastructure.

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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 response, simplified operation and maintenance and high-performance application layer security needed to operate an enterprise network in total security. Tested and proven to provide cutting-edge network security by ICSA Labs and endorsed by Gartner Inc., NGAF harnesses the power of Sangfor’s Neural-X threat intelligence and analytics platform and Engine Zero’s innovative malware detection to provide next-generation protection for today’s enterprise.

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The secure, sophisticated SonicWALL TZ is widely deployed at small businesses, retail, government, remote sites and branch offices. It combines high-performance intrusion prevention, malware blocking, content/URL filtering and application control.

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Sample Customers

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, Dell, HP, Oracle, Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Vodafone, Orange, BT Group, Telstra, Deutsche Telekom, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, CenturyLink, NTT Communications, Tata Communications, SoftBank, China Mobile, Singtel, Telus, Rogers Communications, Bell Canada, Telkom Indonesia, Telkom South Africa, Telmex, Telia Company, Telkom Kenya

The Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (Indonesia), Lawson, Inc. (Philippines), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (Indonesia), TEK Automotive (Italy), etc.

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