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."The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"The stability is fine. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The UI is quite good."
"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 support for the solution has been excellent. If we ever had an issue they would send an engineer to help us with our problem."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"The setup is quite easy."
"The filtering is excellent."
"The product is simple to manage."
"The basic firewall rules of the solution are great."
"This product has kept us safe and we haven't had any breaches."
"The most valuable features are that it is reasonably-priced and works well."
"This product is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"We have not found any vulnerabilities since implementing the solution."
"The product blocks access when I visit unrecognized websites."
"Its customer service could be better."
"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."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"One issue we've encountered with Huawei NGFW is that after using a firewall for two or three years, we need to replace it. The new firewalls often have more features and better memory or throughput. However, sometimes, they lack some features that the old ones had."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"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 solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"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 solution does not have sandboxing features."
"The product could expand its throughput capacity."
"The cloud services may be in need of some improvement."
"SonicWall NSa's reporting could be improved."
"The stability is not there. The features are there, but they are not stable. They need to improve on this product because I feel that they have launched this product without much R&D."
"Vendor support needs improvement. The frequency of time and support should be increased."
"After-sales support and hands-on training facilities are not available in my country."
"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 thing main thing is that there's no user admin and in other firewalls, we can enable the scalable features, but SonicWall doesn't have that feature."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 21 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, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Zscaler Internet Access, 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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