We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and WatchGuard Firebox 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 reporting and monitoring are very good."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"It is very flexible to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The setup is quite easy."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"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."
"Their centralized console simplifies management for organizations with multiple Fireboxes."
"It's very easy to use, especially compared to similar products. A lot more users use the WatchGuard appliance now than use the SonicWall appliance because of the ease of usability."
"The most valuables feature of WatchGuard Firebox are the VPNs, and web filtering where we can stop users from going to malicious sites."
"The most valuable features are the VPN and web blocker security."
"The main features of the solution are the control of the site-to-site network access and the overall features."
"If you just plan to use WatchGuard Firebox in your office and not publicly, then it is okay to purchase it. With WatchGuard Firebox, you can manage your users and permissions while also taking care of the basic setup phase in your office."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the FireWall features. The management side of WatchGuard is quite easy because it supports two ways to manage it - by the web and the other one they call WatchGuard systems manager. I used to be familiar with WSM only, but they improved their GUI in the web browser and now it is much easier to do it within the web browser."
"The security that is used for defending from the attacks is very good."
"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."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"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."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"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 tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The documentation needs to be improved. When they retire old models, they also retire the documentation. However, if you are still using an older model, you still need access to that documentation. And yet, they go ahead and removed it. It's gone. You are therefore stuck with a device with no documentation and technical support that isn't very helpful as they also remove support assistance as well."
"WatchGuard Firebox could improve the speed of updates, such as new features or improvements. However, they are frequently improving the solution in many areas, such as geo-locations, definitions, and web blocking."
"This solution needs the option to add an external hard drive."
"The reporting is a little on the weak side. I would like to see a better reporting set and easier drill-down options."
"Sometimes, the writing rules are a little confusing in how am I doing them."
"The next release should have better software and configuration systems that can also be used on Linux."
"The documentation for the System Manager/Dimension configuration, could be a little bit clearer... The use case where you have multiple sites with multiple firewalls, and one site that has the System Manager server and the Dimension server, wasn't really well defined. It took me a little bit of digging to get that to actually work."
"Setup of this solution is complex, it's not plug and play."
"An area for improvement is that when we use a web administration link, there is no security."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.4. 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Huawei NGFW vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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