We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Sophos XG 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."This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"We've found the solution to be pretty stable."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The scalability is good in Fortinet FortiGate."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"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 solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The setup is quite easy."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"I like the functionality and the user interface."
"Web filtering is easy enough to deploy, manage, or make exceptions to."
"The solution offers a good firewall endpoint and email encryption."
"Sophos XG is easy to use."
"It's a complete firewall solution that has everything."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The simplicity and timely updates."
"I have found the solution easy to use and fully integrated."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"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."
"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 user interface could be more user-friendly."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"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 VPN is in need of improvement."
"The main problem with Sophos XG today is that it doesn't have a feature where you actually know the quality of an international link, which would allow us to we know if the link is operational or not. We need more information. It's losing packets on the network. It's high latency. So, we need more information to know if the link is really bad or really good, and today, we will only know if it's working and this just isn't enough."
"The training manual provided to users lacks proper guidance on configuration procedures."
"I'd like to see better reporting. While the logs are great, the reports are not."
"There have been some issues when upgrading. For some reason, parts of the configuration become unconfigured, I then have to reconfigure it. I should not need to keep reconfiguring it after upgrades."
"The solution’s reporting could be improved."
"It is a very basic and entry-level firewall. It doesn't give very granular control over the traffic. It should have more granular control over the traffic. This feature should be there similar to Palo Alto and Cisco. It should have such advanced features."
"Our clients use Karios, and while it integrates well with it, the integration could be improved."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. 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 Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sangfor NGAF, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Sophos UTM. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Sophos XG report.
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