We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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 SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"It is very flexible to use."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The solution's initial setup process is 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 mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"The UI is quite good."
"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 ease of use and the ease of configuration of our policies are the most valuable features."
"We have found the SSL decryption within this solution to be great; you can enable this feature and have the ability to see more of what is happening across your network."
"I like the sandbox feature, and it's very good. It kills each malware deployment in the sense of signatures within five minutes. So, we can secure our network and infrastructure very well within the stipulated time. The WildFire functionality is very good because a few files are also getting blocked. It's critical as malware attacks are also getting ignored, and the logging is very well maintained in this firewall. The most valuable solutions in this field are application-based firewalls. That is the main criteria of the firewall and functionality. We can get all the logs related to this and each and every packet. I like that the firewall is working as an application. The application-based entity we have deployed is well maintained and working very well. We were able to find lots of vulnerabilities when we deployed it, but we could not disclose all. But there were vulnerabilities we could block by updating the firewall and taking actions on clientside machines. So, we got to know that we have lots of vulnerabilities inside the organization too, and we took lots of steps and resolved the number of vulnerabilities. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is an all-in-one solution. It provides every entity log, which is a very good functionality of this firewall. It gives every packet and aspect that the firewall is performing through its logs, and it does it very well. This firewall's unified platform helped eliminate multiple network security tools. If anyone uses P2P sites, cryptocurrency websites, or any illegal sites, we can block it easily. It gives us a proper alert for these kinds of sites, and it properly secures our network. Monitoring is the best thing we are doing here, and we can block this kind of vulnerability as soon as it comes to us."
"From my experience, comparing it to other products, the granularity you can have in the application is very good. The application detection is excellent. It's certainly one of the best."
"We have not had to replace hardware routers nor purchase additional hardware. So, that has provided a little bit of an ROI."
"I love the Policy Optimizer feature. I am also completely happy with its stability."
"One of the most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is application symmetries."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is pre-sales and post-sales because of the support and relationship building."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"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 WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The reports it provides are not helpful."
"Based on the features that I have seen so far, I do not see any room for improvement, but they can improve their CLI documentation. I haven't really seen much when it comes to CLI documentation."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls need better training modules. You have to do a lot of reading prior to watching the training videos, and it's good for people who are really into it. However, often you want to use a video for a TID. You want to see how to do something rather than spend 30 minutes reading and then another 30 minutes watching the class. As a result, I take third-party training classes rather than Palo Alto's training because they are a lot better."
"The performance of the Panorama interface needs to be improved. It tends to be very sluggish at times."
"I would like to see some Machine Learning because I have observed new types of attacks that are able to bypass existing security rules."
"In the last three years at least, they have been lagging behind their competitors. The main issue is the support that we can get... You have to wait for them to get back to you and sometimes it's random. And the biggest problem I have is that you have to wait hours on the line when you're calling them to get a hold of the next available engineer."
"With new features and applications you get bugs."
"The built-in machine learning features provide some automation, but I think there should be an option for manual review because nothing replaces the human eye."
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Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 19 reviews while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 162 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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 NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls report.
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