We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Sophos XG 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."It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"The setup is quite easy."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"We've deployed quite a number for our users and our customers, and the feedback is quite positive in terms of management and also administration."
"The user authentication rules are very useful."
"The most valuable features of Sophos XG are user-friendliness and it is highly secure."
"Excellent product, meets most of the security needs of companies of various sizes. You can buy it without fear."
"The most valuable features are its nice interfaces and configuration. The endpoint is also very good."
"My clients gain efficiency in protecting against attacks from malware such as ransomware and hacker attacks. It also provides them efficient internet access control, and full visibility of ports, applications, and websites."
"I particularly like the visibility it provides into network traffic, allowing us to identify and address issues efficiently."
"The most valuable feature is the VPN aspect."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"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 WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"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 tool lacks features."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"The VPN device could be improved upon."
"Recently, I've had a problem with updating things."
"The support from the vendor needs to be improved."
"It's easy to use, but it's hard to configure exact settings. They need to make it easier to access advanced features."
"Our clients use Karios, and while it integrates well with it, the integration could be improved."
"Data traffic analysis could be better. I think Fortinet products like FortiAnalyzer are very effective in analyzing data traffic. I think it's better than Sophos. It could also be more stable."
"The SD-WAN could be improved."
"They should expand their DDoS feature. It's basic. They need to enhance it."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 19 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. 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 Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX and Fortinet FortiOS, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Sophos XG report.
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