We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and OPNsense 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."Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution can scale well."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"Good load balancing feature."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The technical support is very good."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"It's open source."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"What I like best about OPNsense is that, as a firewall, it's pretty good. I'm quite impressed with it. I had an excellent experience with OPNsense, which helped me achieve the targets I wanted."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"FortiLink is the interface on the firewall that allows you to extend switch management across all of your switches in the network. The problem with it is that you can't use multiple interfaces unless you set them up in a lag. Only then you can run them. So, it forces you to use a core type of switch to propagate that management out to the rest of the switches, and then it is running the case at 200. It leaves you with 18 ports on the firewall because it is also a layer-three router that could also be used as a switch, but as soon as you do that, you can't really use them. They could do a little bit more clean up in the way the stacking interface works. Some use cases and the documentation on the FortiLink checking interface are a little outdated. I can find stuff on version 5 or more, but it is hard to find information on some of the newer firmware. The biggest thing I would like to see is some improvement in the switch management feature. I would like to be able to relegate some of the ports, which are on the firewall itself, to act as a switch to take advantage of those ports. Some of these firewalls have clarity ports on them. If I can use those, it would mean that I need to buy two less switches, which saves time. I get why they don't, but I would still like to see it because it would save a little bit of space in the server rack."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"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."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"The solution does not have sandboxing features."
"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 isn't cheap. It's market price."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"The scalability needs improvement."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. 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 OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Zscaler Internet Access, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Huawei NGFW vs. OPNsense report.
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