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Huawei NGFW vs Palo Alto Networks K2-Series comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
8.3
Deploying Huawei NGFW improved network security, efficiency, and resource control, while reducing costs and enhancing threat detection and response times.
Sentiment score
6.2
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series improved cybersecurity, efficiency, and cost savings through enhanced visibility, automation, and reduced incident response times.
The premium pricing is justified by the return on investment.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Huawei NGFW customer service is praised for speed but criticized for language barriers and inconsistent service levels.
Sentiment score
8.0
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series support is praised for vendor responsiveness and expertise, though partner support is less reliable.
We had a dedicated account manager and professional services team which proactively took care of all requests we had.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
We get Gold support from them, and they are pretty good.
Design engineer at a construction company with 201-500 employees
I would rate the technical support for the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series from Palo Alto as nine out of ten points.
Director at MICROLOGIC NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Huawei NGFW is scalable and flexible, though users face extra costs and hardware limitations in expanding capabilities.
Sentiment score
7.8
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series offers scalable, flexible solutions for organizations, excelling in network expansion and handling diverse environments.
Vertical scaling allows you to purchase more powerful devices with additional RAM, compute, and larger model form factors.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Huawei NGFW is generally stable but has occasional issues, with most users rating it seven to nine out of ten.
Sentiment score
7.8
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is praised for exceptional stability and dependability, with minor configuration and maintenance issues reported.
Palo Alto typically doesn't have many glitches.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Huawei NGFW needs improvements in configurability, performance, support, and features, addressing session handling, upgrades, and usability issues.
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series needs better pricing, integration, usability, and AI to address user demands for support and scalability.
Enhancing web traffic protection would be a great upgrade.
enterprise architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
L1 engineers cannot work on the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series because it's too complex, which requires L2 and above level of engineers.
Director at MICROLOGIC NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
There are many false positives that need to be addressed.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

Huawei NGFW offers competitive pricing with potential discounts, though setup costs are high and separate support contracts are required.
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is expensive, suitable for large enterprises, with straightforward licensing but requires frequent price negotiations.
It's a little bit expensive.
enterprise architect at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The pricing for the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series solution is affordable.
Director at MICROLOGIC NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
 

Valuable Features

Huawei NGFW is lauded for its user-friendly interface, seamless integration, high performance, scalability, and effective security features.
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series provides advanced, scalable security with AI-driven features, strong threat prevention, and user-friendly management.
For Palo Alto, it's all about security policies that you configure with User-ID and App-ID based policies.
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Overall, the K2-Series helps in much more protection, and dashboard compliances are being met.
Director at MICROLOGIC NETWORKS PRIVATE LIMITED
Mainly, it is very easy to understand, and the logs are very good.
Design engineer at a construction company with 201-500 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Huawei NGFW
Ranking in Firewalls
37th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
Unified Threat Management (UTM) (13th)
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series
Ranking in Firewalls
35th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Firewalls category, the mindshare of Huawei NGFW is 1.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Palo Alto Networks K2-Series is 0.4%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Firewalls Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series0.4%
Huawei NGFW1.0%
Other98.6%
Firewalls
 

Featured Reviews

VZ
Senior Manager Technology at CNS Engineering
GUI application allows for easy monitoring and analysis of potential intrusions but needs improvement in threat prevention signatures
Based on the threat prevention signatures, they need updates. They should add some machine learning features and Machine learning detection. In future releases, I would like to see improvements in CDR technology. Forcepoint is pitching CDR technology, which extends sandboxing. Configuring data on the console needs enhancement. Huawei also need to improve spam techniques and add a web application firewall. Currently, Huawei does not have a built-in web application firewall (WAF) like Fortinet does. Tools like SIEM, SOAR, and Tenable can be integrated, but they require additional setup and should be integrated via API. For external threat detection, using the TAXII or STIX protocol, would be an improvement over the current features.
TJ
Principle Cloud Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Has provided strong traffic visibility and efficient policy management for advanced network environments
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series could be improved, though I don't think of much. I'm unsure how widespread the adoption for K2-Series alone is. Looking at the base Palo Alto capabilities, they are going in the right direction. K2 specifically about its efficacy with all these 5G protocols, the GPRS tunneling protocol performed without many hiccups during testing. With AI, if there is a Precision AI bundle that you're planning on exploring, then that definitely needs a significant uplift because currently it doesn't work for all the known models. There are many false positives that need to be addressed. While it's still ahead of its competitors, on the AI security side, there is quite a room for improvement.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
8%
Performing Arts
15%
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise13
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Huawei NGFW?
The pricing is quite cheap compared to other NGFWs like Palo Alto or Cisco.
What needs improvement with Huawei NGFW?
Huawei should improve their threat intelligence. They need to have a more diversified platform and continuously update it with information from all vendors. Without diversified threat intelligence,...
What is your primary use case for Huawei NGFW?
I am working as a solution architect in my organization. Whenever we design a total network infrastructure, for ensuring the overall network security, we provide the firewall. If the client is aski...
Features comparison between Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls
In the best tradition of these questions, Feature-wise both are quite similar, but each has things it's better at, it kind of depends what you value most. PA is good at app control, web filtering a...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Palo Alto Networks K2-Series?
The pricing for the Palo Alto Networks K2-Series solution is affordable and there are no complaints about the licensing.
What needs improvement with Palo Alto Networks K2-Series?
Palo Alto Networks K2-Series could be improved, though I don't think of much. I'm unsure how widespread the adoption for K2-Series alone is. Looking at the base Palo Alto capabilities, they are goi...
 

Also Known As

Huawei USG Firewalls, USG9500 Series, USG6600 Series, USG6300 Series
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

KMITL, Peking University
State of North Dakota, SEGA, Alameda County Office of Education, Temple University, VERGE, CAME
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