We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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."It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"We have reduced the number of configuration lines by 90%. We need fewer number of admins right now because of it."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series's most valuable feature is the visibility of the environment."
"It offers a single pane of glass for all the different types of installations."
"They now know the details about their network traffic that they did not know before: Applications that they are using and some application they did not know they were using."
"In the newer version, there are 3850s, all of them are scalable. They fit better into the medium or small businesses."
"In terms of security breaches, the product aids in categorizing and monitoring traffic, allowing for the identification of potentially malicisous or incorrectly formatted applications."
"App-ID and User-ID have repeatedly shown value in securing business critical systems."
"The most effective features of the solution for threat prevention are Layer 7 inspection, SSL decryption, IPS, and the web filtering profile."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"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 solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"The solution does not have sandboxing features."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"The user-friendliness of the UI could be improved."
"We don't know how it will scale once we start putting more load on it."
"I would like to see a more thorough QA process. We have had some difficulties from bugs in releases."
"All areas need improvement: manufacturing, education, financial, etc."
"I would like to have automatic daily reporting, such as how many users have connected via SSL VPN."
"Palo Alto is that it is really bad when it comes to technical support."
"It would be helpful if we had a direct number for the support manager or the supporting engineer. That would be better than having to email every time because there would be less wait."
"The command-line interface is something that some people struggle with and I think that they should have an option to go straight to the GUI."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos XG, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos UTM. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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