We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"A good network security system for medium-sized businesses with an excellent GUI interface that gives a graphic view of network status."
"I have found the most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the low maintenance."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its simplicity, highly user-centric, and performs well. The line speed and for heavy traffic, is helpful for us."
"FortiOS's best features are its function as an internet gateway and how easy it is to manage."
"Performance-wise, I think FortiOS is much better than its Juniper counterpart. Based on our actual experience and performance metrics, FortiOS-based products are much better than Juniper."
"The pricing is excellent."
"The most valuable features are the intrusion prevention system and the anti-virus."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"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."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"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 most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"Currently, without the additional reporting module, we only have access to basic reporting."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"FortiGate should have a better way of detecting and managing the system memory because otherwise if the memory is too low, a system restart is required."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"Right now, it's very trendy to integrate everything into the cloud. This solution would be more effective if they did more integration in that regard."
"The product needs a feature that allows users to create another site on a VPN."
"FortiOS doesn't work well with all browsers. I think they need to do a better job of making it compatible with the various browsers that are out there."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve by limiting the need for the CLI and GUI combination. The more functions they can have on the GUI and less on CLI would be helpful."
"The technical support is good. However, during the holidays they can get a little slow to respond."
"The solution is good, but they have poor marketing in Nigeria. They need to market their product better."
"The solution could improve the log retention and reports."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"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 solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"Huawei also need to improve spam techniques and add a web application firewall. Currently, Huawei does not have a built-in web application firewall (WAF) like Fortinet does."
"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."
"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."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 21 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". 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 FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Fortinet FortiWeb, Darktrace and Vectra AI, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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