We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security 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."FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The secure web gateway module and the application control module are valuable. HA operations are very easy."
"Check Point has pretty simple solutions, like the virtual appliance which you just download and it is imported into VMware and you just start using it."
"Its centralized control, ease of use, and flexibility are the most valuable for our data center security."
"It offers remarkable flexibility in how we configure and utilize the resources."
"The tool's most valuable features are threat prevention and protection mechanisms."
"The SSL spectrum proved to be the most valuable for our incoming connections."
"It's possible to sync the Check Point Management with the cloud portal, therefore allowing automated rules to be set in place whenever creating a new VM."
"Auto Scaling is one of the features that make me want to choose CloudGuard over actual HW."
"The product offers an easy and nice way to manage the gateways, similar to on-prem hardware. It has packet filtering features. Our security operations are faster and less prone to errors. We selected CloudGuard Network Security due to its visibility."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"The UI is quite good."
"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 had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"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."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"Application management can be improved."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"The cost needs improvement as it is currently quite expensive."
"While today we can manage some scopes, there are still some segments in the OSI layer we cannot manage."
"Check Point has a history of moving fast with software release and upgrade cycles which are difficult to keep up with at times."
"There is room for improvement regarding the technical support provided."
"The biggest room for improvement is that, for a long time now, they've moved everything over to R80 but they still maintain some of the stuff in the old dashboard. They need to "buy in" and move everything to the modern dashboard so that you don't have to go to one place and to another place, at times, to configure the environment. It's time they just finish what they started and put everything in the new, modern dashboard."
"Most clients nowadays tend to move to the cloud and their data security is key. If CloudGuard could be able to give the client that full visibility of how their data is protected on the cloud, then that would be a great selling point for Check Point."
"What I would like for future updates would be faster updates to apply, and perhaps a greater presence in the local language for the regions of Latin America."
"The initial deployment using the ARM template in Azure was straightforward, but migrating to Terraform added complexity, although we managed to make it work."
"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."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"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."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 112 reviews while Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". 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". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos XG. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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