We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and SonicWall NSa 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."We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"The solution is scalable."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"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."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"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."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"One of the best things about Huawei NGFW is its ability to integrate Azure solutions. Every year, we can add new features to the firewall. The key advantage is the integration across the entire network, so it doesn't work in isolation. For example, we can manage everything with features like the secret manager or analytic IDs. The solution is straightforward. It can also detect intrusions."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"We can do the hosting and security all under one box. The UTM is a good feature."
"SonicWall has USCS and anti-virus at the gateway level. Everything is filtered, and if it detects an intruder, it drops the line."
"Content filtering reduces the load on the available bandwidth and restricts employees from using distracting websites on the job, which leads to more productive hours."
"The most valuable features to us are the security services which is a critical factor in our deployment. Today we need to have all the security services enabled because firewalls are not enough."
"For me, the most valuable feature of SonicWall NSa is the UTM."
"The most valuable features are the VPN, SSL VPN, and IPSec VPN."
"This product is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"Since SonicWall is a UTM, we have enabled all the features: antivirus, IPS, URL filtering, and content filtering. All of these features are working fine."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The solution does not have sandboxing features."
"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."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"The tool lacks features."
"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."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"They should consider upgrading the capabilities within the GUI."
"It would help us a lot of SonicWall sent us more information about the latest updates and things that are changing."
"When it comes to security I think all of the features are currently open to improvement."
"SonicWall NSa doesn't have a proxy. It also needs a quota management feature in specific scenarios where you must limit user bandwidth for a particular day."
"We're not particularly fond of the way it generally performs. We are finding ourselves rebooting often. There are freeze-ups and that kind of thing. The stability needs to improve exponentially."
"The security standards for space and point of view should be improved so that the solution deploys in critical areas."
"The logging, reporting, and storage capacity size could improve in a future release."
"The product has a lot of bugs, actually. We are facing some issues with this product. The DPI SSL feature which is there, it is not working properly."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews while SonicWall NSa is ranked 19th in Firewalls with 80 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while SonicWall NSa is rated 7.8. 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 SonicWall NSa writes "Great performance and security with reasonable pricing". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and OPNsense, whereas SonicWall NSa is most compared with SonicWall TZ, Meraki MX, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Netgate pfSense. See our Huawei NGFW vs. SonicWall NSa report.
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