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."The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Good load balancing feature."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"Its performance is adequate. We are quite satisfied with its performance. The fact that it is a complete ecosystem with all kinds of integrations is valuable. It did take us a couple of months to get a grip on the new software, but all in all, it replaced our on-premise and single-point solution environment."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't faced any issues at all while using the product."
"Primarily, the VPN solution is most valuable. It allows you to have more flexibility in terms of what is there on the end-user device, and what is not there. You can check and make sure that they're current. It has more flexibility than just a straight VPN solution. It works really well. It has the features that 99% of people need."
"I find the simplicity to be most valuable."
"It is very useful to make lists for rules and prepare firewall rules."
"It is a complete package, and it has complete offerings. It fit the needs, and our customer is happy with it."
"The initial setup is very user-friendly."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"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."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The biggest "gotcha" is that if the client purchases what they call the UTM shared bundle, which has unified threat management on both, it's not as easy to manage if you have more than one firewall."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"I have worked on some of the largest and smallest solutions that Fortinet sells and they all scale really well."
"Web filtering is a feature that needs some improvement. There should be some additional features to allow active users to change their own passwords."
"The stability could be improved. I find Cisco to be more stable than Fortigate, which is I major differentiator between the two."
"Not a ten because I think that Cisco is better."
"The product is satisfactory. I haven't identified any features to improve, and based on the number of deployments I've handled with FortiGate-VM, there haven't been any complaints from the customer's side."
"The biggest area for improvement is storage configuration. It could be smoother."
"They should keep us up to date about the latest version. That's the biggest thing. Currently, we have to go looking for the latest version. We should get notified about what's going on with the versions. I would like to see easier dual-factor authentication."
"It is a very good product, and it is good at standing by itself. It can maybe have a little bit of integration with other products, but it is not that important for most use cases."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"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 tool lacks features."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"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 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 doesn't seem to be very mature. Our networking team says they are experiencing a lot of issues in the firewalls and some routers."
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, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and SonicWall NSa. See our Fortinet FortiGate-VM vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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