We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and McAfee StoneGate [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"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."
"A couple of things I've seen that need improvement, especially in terms of a hard coding. The driver-level active moment really is out-of-the-box and we have to have contact the customer support and sometimes it is difficult to resolve."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"The solution does not have sandboxing features."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"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."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
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Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 18 reviews while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0. 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 McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX and Sophos XG, whereas McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with .
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