We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Palo Alto Networks K2-Series 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."Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"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."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"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 mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"We've found the solution offers us good stability."
"The most valuable features are the intuitive user interface, ease of use, and reporting."
"Palo Alto has a unique solution for DNS security, which is very good."
"Palo Alto's App-ID is what differentiates it from other competitors."
"Everything I could possibly want has already been implanted in the new version."
"Palo Alto has an approach that makes the configuration easier not only for the customers but also for the IT help for the customers."
"I like the tool's WildFire feature."
"Palo Alto firewalls are scalable enough. We have about 110 employees in our company, and we are about to expand to 130."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"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."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"Wi-Fi scanning and Wi-Fi analysis would be useful features to include in the future."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"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 user interface could be more user-friendly."
"With the Huawei firewall, none of the features comes at the top. We found out later that customer support is really not good. For this firewall, because of our customers' routine, for example, every six months they'll do a penetration test to find weaknesses. So whenever they came up with VAPT reports, they are looking to Huawei for help. I think that's basically because it's a different culture. Chinese culture and our culture is different. They have always tried to help find some excuses or say some other things that cannot help you solve the problem immediately."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"Palo Alto has many other products. It would be nice for these products to be centralized under one tool"
"The scalability of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is good. It is good for larger environments over smaller ones."
"Its networking features could be better."
"The ease of management and configuration should be improved."
"Palo Alto releases a lot of bug fixes for their firewalls, which means it's necessary to do frequent upgrades. They should work on decreasing their bugs so that upgrades aren't needed so often."
"Higher levels of support are excellent but new users may need additional options."
"Palo Alto doesn't have extended visibility to the end point in their firewalls."
"When it comes to renewing the solution, they tend to try to jack up the pricing."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 18 reviews while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is ranked 28th in Firewalls with 29 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is rated 8.4. 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 Palo Alto Networks K2-Series writes "Easy to implement and manage, and the documentation is good". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX and Sophos XG, whereas Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Palo Alto Networks K2-Series report.
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