We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall 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 SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"The most valuable feature that Cisco Firepower NGFW provides for us is the Intrusion policy."
"It is very stable."
"Even in very big environments, Cisco comes in handy with configuration and offers reliability when it comes to managing multiple items on one platform."
"They provide DDoS protection and multi-factor authentication. That is a good option as it enables work-from-home functionality."
"The VPN is our most widely used feature for Cisco Secure Firewall. Since we were forced into a hybrid working situation by COVID a few years back, VPN is the widely used feature because everybody is working remotely for our agency. So it came in very handy."
"In v9.8 you are able to do active/backup HA with ASAv (Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance) deployed on MS Azure."
"A stable and solid solution for protection from external threats and for VPN connections."
"So far, it has been very stable."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"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 like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"We make use of the new data center, specifically the containerized data center which is built and reviewed by Huawei, including all the device's infrastructure."
"The support for the solution has been excellent. If we ever had an issue they would send an engineer to help us with our problem."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"The UI is quite good."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"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."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"The license system is also good but it's not very impressive. It's a very regular licensing system. They call it a smart license which means that your device will connect to the internet. This is a little bit of a headache for some customers. It doesn't make the customer happy because most of the customers prefer not to connect their firewall or system to the internet."
"They could improve by having more skilled, high-level engineers that are available around the clock. I know that's an easy thing to say and a hard thing to do."
"Cisco is still catching up with its Firepower Next-Generation firewalls."
"Cisco ASA Firewall could improve by adding more advanced features such as web filtering, which is available in the next-generation firewalls. However, the Cisco ASA Firewall I am using could be old and these features have been updated."
"The cloud does not precisely mimic what is on-premises."
"Deploying configurations takes longer than it should."
"It doesn't have Layer 7 security."
"They should allow customers to talk to them directly instead of having to go through the reseller."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"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."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"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."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 19 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". 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". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Sophos XG, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Fortinet FortiOS. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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