We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and SonicWall NSa 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."I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"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."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"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."
"The setup is quite easy."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"Overall SonicWall NSa is a good solution for our use case."
"Compared to Cisco, SonicWall NSa is much easier to configure."
"The firewall feature is most valuable since my work is to analyze if there is any potential attack. SonicWall NSa gives the perfect analysis."
"It's very simple to use and the support is great."
"One of the main features is the built-in storage capacity."
"Support is usually good when it comes to helping with issues."
"SD-WAN is a good feature."
"I really like the performance; there are no delays and no latency, which is a unique quality in firewalls nowadays."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"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."
"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 tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The cost could be lower. There could also be more flexibility for smaller companies."
"We have used other solutions such as pfSense and Linux native firewalls. I prefer SonicWall NSa but if you are going to use something for an enterprise you need another solution."
"The reporting and monitoring are a bit complex and should be easier in SonicWall NSa because other firewalls I have experienced have been more simple, such as Palo Alto. We are able to receive a clear view of our network. As a general user with little experience, it would be difficult for them to handle."
"The features I would like to see improve are the dashboard and the UI."
"SonicWall does not support DynDNS, yet this is an important feature for smaller companies that do not have a static IP address."
"Potential improvement around the associated VPN cost"
"The ongoing service fees are high."
"The anti-spam requires a specific Java version on the server side (do not update it, otherwise it will break)."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Zscaler Internet Access, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Huawei NGFW vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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