We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"The solution's initial setup process is 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."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"Very easy to use and navigate."
"The internet traffic shaping has been very valuable."
"The dashboard is very intuitive and easy to understand."
"Both the scalability and the scalability are great with Meraki MX."
"I use Meraki in my POCs and with my customers as well."
"I love the simplicity of Meraki MX — specifically, the simplicity of the dashboard."
"Managed centrally over the web: You can manages all your Meraki devices in a single account."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"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."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"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."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"The tool lacks features."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"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."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"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 requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"We do not have account managers in our region for the solution. Some governments don't use the product since it is attached to the internet."
"As far as what needs to be improved — nothing really comes to mind. It does what we need it to do."
"The product could incorporate tools like ThousandEyes into the system so we can see things directly."
"MX can only be managed via a web interface, but I'm accustomed to using a CLI or a graphical interface. I would also like to see more reporting features. It doesn't provide enough information for me to know precisely about some clients."
"Management can be improved in Meraki MX."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
"The solution's pricing should be reduced."
"The configuration options for firewall and IPS have limitations."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 13th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 20 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Meraki MX 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Fortinet FortiOS and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Meraki MX report.
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