We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Huawei Enterprise Routers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two WAN Edge solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"The solution is scalable."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The product is very reasonably priced."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It is a robust and efficient solution."
"The most valuable feature of Huawei Enterprise Routers is if have two networks at different geographical locations with a great deal of distance they work together as if they are on the same cloud network."
"This product uses a non-proprietary command line, which makes it compatible across many different systems."
"The most valuable features for us are NAT, ATS, server capabilities, VPN tunneling, and management."
"The product is easy to improve and deploy in terms of configuration for engineers and technical executives."
"When we started, the connection was amazing for the 100G between the switches and the co-switch. What the students typically use for school is a maximum is 40 so they now have faster technology."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"Huawei Enterprise Routers can improve by enhancing their security. The software architecture and the operating system that runs on their router and the security capability are not as strong when compared to Cisco."
"The solution's technical support could be improved."
"Lacks sufficient market availability."
"The internet service for enterprise bundle should be improved."
"We'd like the product to be more flexible so that we could more easily manipulate some of the features."
"There is not much of a technical team for Huawei available in Pakistan as compared to Cisco with respect to very complex networks."
"The product’s performance could be better."
"The product's pricing could be better."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 1st in WAN Edge with 306 reviews while Huawei Enterprise Routers is ranked 8th in WAN Edge with 24 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Huawei Enterprise Routers is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Huawei Enterprise Routers writes "A stable and easy-to-manage solution with good security and firewalls". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Huawei Enterprise Routers is most compared with MikroTik Routers and Switches, Cisco Enterprise Routers, Cisco SD-WAN, Juniper MX Series Routers and MikroTik Cloud Router Switch. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Huawei Enterprise Routers report.
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