We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Huawei NGFW 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."Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The interface is very good."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"It is very flexible to use."
"There are great templates, so you don't have to customize them if you don't want to. You do have the option to custom create some folders and some reports, however, with what is there, you don't really need to go through extra effort, as they already give you a lot of predefined views of reports and so forth."
"Technical support is very helpful."
"It’s easy to integrate the solution with our network infrastructure."
"The best part about FortiGate-VM is its strong security."
"I like the visibility and monitoring features because they're easy to use to monitor traffic. Features like geo-blocking and more have AI, and we're currently using all of it. But for now, we're only using geo-blocking, and we're able to block traffic from different countries. I also like that it's highly responsive. VM04 is also very powerful."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate-VM are the servers, analyzer, and track protection."
"In spite of the solution being inexpensive, it has everything one would need."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is easy to operate."
"The most valuable feature is the UTM, which gives them an advantage over other firewalls."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"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."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"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."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Backup can be improved."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"If I could add one feature, it would be free security profiles."
"Capacity-wise, I think the solution's log storage area is something that needs to be increased since, by default, it stores logs for only seven days."
"I don't have any specific improvements to suggest, but perhaps the pricing could be enhanced. Regarding updates, more frequent updates would be appreciated. FortiGate-VM is currently focused on providing very good firmware updates, automation, and top-notch features. It stands as a great product for now. Based on our needs and the vulnerabilities we've encountered due to various downloads, I suggest integrating with Kaspersky Gateway. This integration would involve scanning and inspecting both official emails and spam emails. Our customer has successfully worked with Kaspersky Gateway, and overall, the integration has been effective."
"The costs could be lowered."
"The solution's web-filtering configuration could be better."
"We face some issues with the IPsec connection during replication."
"The user interface (UI) and the performance of interface both need improvement."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"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."
"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."
"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."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, 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". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS and OPNsense, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and SonicWall NSa. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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