We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."It can expand easily."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"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 tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"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."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The UI is quite good."
"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 most effective features of the solution for threat prevention are Layer 7 inspection, SSL decryption, IPS, and the web filtering profile."
"It offers a single pane of glass for all the different types of installations."
"What I like about the VM-Series is that you can launch them in a very short time."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable features are security and support."
"It scales linearly with load and no issues."
"The filtering feature is good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"The initial setup is complex."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"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 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."
"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 WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"With Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, it is hard for me to manage its network configuration part."
"AWS doesn't integrate well with third-party firewalls."
"The one issue that I didn't like is that the SNMP integration with interfaces didn't record the interface counters."
"The command-line interface is something that some people struggle with and I think that they should have an option to go straight to the GUI."
"It has to be more scalable for the deployment of VMs on the cloud."
"The product's AIOps process needs improvement."
"All areas need improvement: manufacturing, education, financial, etc."
"People are less aware of Palo Alto."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos XG, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Meraki MX. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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