Salafi is NOT a sect. It is a term used to describe those who follow the Prophet and the Sahabah, and the Salaf us Saliheen. That is people upon the Quran and Sunnah, who dont indulge in biddahs. People have in recent years misused this term though to create a sect, but that is not what the original term meant.
In fact in a Hadith the Prophet described himself as "Salaf".