We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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 features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"Good load balancing feature."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The UI is quite good."
"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 user interface is very, very good."
"The setup is quite easy."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The solution is scalable."
"It is a stable solution."
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"It provides in-depth visibility into your network, ensuring that traffic flowing into your organization, be it from offices or individual users, is effectively filtered and secured through multiple layers of protection."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"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."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"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."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"One issue is integration. Huawei can't detect Indicators of Compromise (IoC). I can get a lot of information about security, but can't automatically input the EP, domain URL, and file hashes I get from Hackersworld into my blocklist."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"The solution does not have sandboxing features."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"Its technical support services could be better."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
"Certain criteria need to be met if you want to scale this solution."
"There are some areas it could improve when it comes to blocking, we have to block some things manually. For example, if we block a top-level domain we have seen that the new IPs come through, the IPs are not blocked. There should be some more granular way of doing it. My only request is if you're blocking something at a top level, the sub-level sub-domains and all those other IPs should be blocked too automatically."
"Because it's on cloud, it doesn't allow application of extra settings."
"It would be better if they improved their policy, package visibility, and flexibility while we're creating rules for inspection. It could also be cheaper or more things could be included in the basic package. In the next release, I would like better coverage in the Asia Pacific region and better quality of service."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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 Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, OPNsense, Cisco Multicloud Defense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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