We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiOS are the ability to block and make white and black lists. Additionally, the filtering of user access to websites is useful."
"The most valuable feature of this solution would be the caching feature."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"It's very easy to use."
"The pricing is excellent."
"A good network security system for medium-sized businesses with an excellent GUI interface that gives a graphic view of network status."
"The main features I find useful are intrusion prevention and web filtering. Additionally, the solution is easy to manage."
"The fact that is it has a UTM, a Unified Threat Management feature is the most valuable aspect for us. It's an all in one product. It's like our one-stop-shop to the internet."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"One of the best things about Huawei NGFW is its ability to integrate Azure solutions. Every year, we can add new features to the firewall. The key advantage is the integration across the entire network, so it doesn't work in isolation. For example, we can manage everything with features like the secret manager or analytic IDs. The solution is straightforward. It can also detect intrusions."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"They've become quite expensive."
"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."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"In the future I would like to see more user-friendly dashboards and a drop in the price."
"A switch should be introduced."
"The solution is good, but they have poor marketing in Nigeria. They need to market their product better."
"The threat time interval lags a little, especially if there's a heavy load on the firewall."
"It would be great if they can push the Microsoft updates through Fortinet OS and provide a centralized patch management system. They should also include the data loss prevention (DLP) and data leakage prevention features. They could also add network monitoring more effectively."
"The reporting for this solution could be improved. It could also be more stable and offer better pricing."
"Fortinet FortiOS's integration could be improved."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"One issue we've encountered with Huawei NGFW is that after using a firewall for two or three years, we need to replace it. The new firewalls often have more features and better memory or throughput. However, sometimes, they lack some features that the old ones had."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The solution does not have sandboxing features."
"The tool lacks features."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"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."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". 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 FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Cisco IOS Security, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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