We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and OPNsense 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."SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The product offers very good security."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"FortiGate firewalls are easy to manage through a user-friendly web interface. They also have advanced features like DDoS and DLP. However, I wouldn't recommend enabling all of these features on one device because it can cause performance issues."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"The setup is quite 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."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"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."
"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 user interface could be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"On the customer-side, because I'm a small business, I need a cheaper or free solution option."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 19 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while OPNsense 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 OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX and Zscaler Internet Access, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Huawei NGFW vs. OPNsense report.
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