We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Firewall 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 application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"It has improved our organization with control data."
"Cisco Secure Firewall has improved our customers' security posture because it offers Next-Gen features, granularity, and reporting on the back of it. You can see the amount of users accessing Office 365, for example, and whether they're having a good or bad experience. You can see the threats that are coming into your network. You can see anyone who is compromised from within your network."
"I found that setting up rules for HTTPS and SSH access to the management interface are straightforward, including setting the cypher type."
"Strong in NAT and access-lists."
"The security features are the most valuable. My customers find the security products very useful because nowadays there are many threats from the internet and other malicious users. The security products really help."
"Signature-based detection; user-defined signatures with regular expressions; integrated URL and content filtering; custom URL categories filtering."
"An efficient, easy to deploy and dependable firewall solution."
"It joins all branches and permits employees to work outside their offices, but everything is based on high securities standards (PCI compliance)."
"The architecture of FTD is great because it has an in-depth coverage and because it uses the AVC, (Application, Visibility, and Control) and also rate limits. Also, the architecture of fast paths is great."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The pricing could always be better."
"The scalability could be better."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"FortiGate support could do some improvements on their IPv6 configuration. Right now it's still in the very early stage for utilizing in an enterprise level network environment."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"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."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"Maybe the dashboard could be a bit better."
"Sometimes, it is not easy to troubleshoot. You need to know where to go. It took me quite awhile. It's like, "Okay, if it doesn't go smoothly here, then go find the documentation." Once you do it, it is not so bad. However, it is sometimes a steep learning curve on the troubleshooting part of it."
"The solution’s GUI could be better."
"Technical support takes a long time to respond."
"It would be great if some of the load times were faster."
"The stability and the product features have to really be worked on."
"The only con that I have really seen with it is the reporting structure. FirePOWER is good. It has been a great help because, before that, it was not good at all."
"One area where the ASA could be improved is that it doesn't have AMP. When you get an ASA with the Firepower model, ASA with FTD, then you have advanced malware protection."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". 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 Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Sophos XG, whereas Huawei NGFW is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Sophos XG. See our Cisco Secure Firewall vs. Huawei NGFW report.
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