We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and OPNsense 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 most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"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."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The UI is quite good."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"What I like best about OPNsense is that, as a firewall, it's pretty good. I'm quite impressed with it. I had an excellent experience with OPNsense, which helped me achieve the targets I wanted."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"I have found the solution has some great features overall, such as guest access capabilities, dashboards, and ease of use. There is plenty of documentation and support and it has the plugins that I needed."
"The solution has high availability."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"It needs more available central management."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"There needs to be more security equipment for the solution."
"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."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"Given that OPNsense plays a pivotal role as a firewall, safeguarding against various threats, having a reliable backup ensures uninterrupted protection even if unforeseen events impact the primary virtual machine."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 35 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while OPNsense is rated 8.2. 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 OPNsense writes "Good interface and firewall capabilities and overall easy to use". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Sophos UTM, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Huawei NGFW vs. OPNsense report.
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