We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS 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."The technical support is great."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Technical support for this solution is very good."
"Previously, anyone in the organization would see any data point in the wall. They could just go and connect their machine with that data point and could access the network. But now, even if someone came and tried that, they will not be given access."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"One of the main features is that the hardware is extremely reliable."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"One of the valuable features of the solution is its flexibility and it performs great."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"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."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"Backup can be improved."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"I would love it if it has a link-by-link feature, integration with Unified Threat Management (UTM), and load balancers. They haven't got any link-by-link feature right now, which can be a very attractive option. This link-by-link feature can also be made available for Cisco's UTM firewalls. The link-by-link feature is available in some of the other firewalls. Currently, integration with UTM is missing. Cisco IOS Security also doesn't have the load balancers and a few things that need to be done to get a good UTM firewall. Normally, other firewalls have UTM. As a next-generation firewall, it's good, but as a UTM, it has to do some work."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"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."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"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."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 18 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". 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". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX and Sophos XG. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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