We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Huawei NGFW 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."FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The UI is quite good."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"In the balance between links feature normally you can just choose one option to balance. It would be better for the solution to have more than one option, preferably three."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"Application management can be improved."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"The solution doesn't seem to be very mature. Our networking team says they are experiencing a lot of issues in the firewalls and some routers."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"One issue is integration. Huawei can't detect Indicators of Compromise (IoC). I can get a lot of information about security, but can't automatically input the EP, domain URL, and file hashes I get from Hackersworld into my blocklist."
"With the Huawei firewall, none of the features comes at the top. We found out later that customer support is really not good. For this firewall, because of our customers' routine, for example, every six months they'll do a penetration test to find weaknesses. So whenever they came up with VAPT reports, they are looking to Huawei for help. I think that's basically because it's a different culture. Chinese culture and our culture is different. They have always tried to help find some excuses or say some other things that cannot help you solve the problem immediately."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 18 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2. 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 NGFW writes "A scalable and easy-to-setup product that can be used to configure different policies for specific users". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX and Sophos XG. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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