We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Netgate pfSense 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."This is an easy solution to deploy."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"We make use of the new data center, specifically the containerized data center which is built and reviewed by Huawei, including all the device's infrastructure."
"The tools' most valuable feature is load balancing."
"The ability to create a VPN allows me to monitor branch offices from a central location."
"Centralized administration with multiple services, which allows for execution in several important functionalities of information security."
"My company mainly works in the health and educational domain, schools and universities. I prevent the improper use of content from schools and universities. I defend the medical records for the patients in our hospitals. That is the main use case for me for the firewall."
"Its scalability is a strong point."
"A free firewall that is a good network security appliance."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"An incomparable stability is achieved with other firewall systems."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"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."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"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."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"The documentation needs to be improved. When they retire old models, they also retire the documentation. However, if you are still using an older model, you still need access to that documentation. And yet, they go ahead and removed it. It's gone. You are therefore stuck with a device with no documentation and technical support that isn't very helpful as they also remove support assistance as well."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"The integration could be improved."
"User interface is a little clumsy."
"The solution could use better reporting. They need to offer more of it in general. Right now, the graphics aren't the best. If you need to provide a report to a manager, for example, it doesn't look great. They need to make it easier to understand and give users the ability to customize them."
"I expect a better interface with more log analysis because I create my own interface."
"There could be a way to remote to it through a mobile app. You can always browse through your browser on your mobile phone or tablet, but it would be good to have a dedicated app. I understand that iOS and Android developers are expensive, but there should be a mobile app."
"It should integrate with LDAP, Active Directory, etc, to improve the way in which the traces and connections of each IP, or user connected through the firewall, are shown."
"The configuration of the solution is a bit difficult."
"My only observation is about the quality of the IPSec logs, which are difficult to interpret and are poor in filters."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Netgate pfSense 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 Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Sophos XG, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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