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."We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features of Cisco IOS Security are the plenty of functionality it provides, many people are IT certified the usage, and the user interface is good."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"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."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"I'm able to transfer data over internet network security. With the GRE I'm able to transfer data within one bunch to another bunch in a public way, like the internet. The communication is encrypted and is private. It gives me added privacy."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"The security is very good."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"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."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"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."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"The configuration should be easier in the solution."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"An area for improvement in Cisco IOS Security is the performance because it's not as stable sometimes. There's also some latency in the solution, which could be improved. Cisco IOS Security integrates with other solutions, but you'll encounter many errors after integration, so this is another area for improvement. I'd like to see enhanced performance and a simplified setup in the next version of Cisco IOS Security."
"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"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."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
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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