We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Huawei Enterprise Routers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"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."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The configuration syntax makes it easy for us to configure the device and perform troubleshooting when needed."
"I have been able to connect the solution to many platforms such as Windows, Apple, and Android."
"The setup is simple."
"The most valuable features for us are NAT, ATS, server capabilities, VPN tunneling, and management."
"The product’s technical support team is responsive."
"It's simple to use and offers good connectivity."
"The scalability is good."
"There is a lot of information available about routers and how to configure Huawei Routers right now."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"The reports are very basic."
"They've become quite expensive."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"It would be better if local storage management was more flexible, so that unused data could be easily removed."
"We'd like the product to be more flexible so that we could more easily manipulate some of the features."
"Essentially, they need to open their licensing model such that when a customer buys a device, they have a full view of all of the available licenses for it."
"The solution's technical support could be improved."
"We have found we have to restart the routers or reconfigured them a lot of the time, this issue should improve. The quality of the hardware needs to be more durable."
"It would be better if the vendor provided support for small enterprises."
"The only problem I see is configuration loss."
"We have encountered issues while integrating the product with Enterprise Management Systems. Huawei platform is good for Huawei but we face issues when we integrate it with other models."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in WAN Edge with 306 reviews while Huawei Enterprise Routers is ranked 8th in WAN Edge with 24 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Huawei Enterprise Routers is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei Enterprise Routers writes "A stable and easy-to-manage solution with good security and firewalls". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Huawei Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Cisco Enterprise Routers, Cisco SD-WAN, Juniper MX Series Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Huawei Enterprise Routers report.
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