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."It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"The security on offer is very good."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The solution's performance is good with IPSec."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The redundancy and scalability ARE very nice."
"pfSense helped us during COVID-19 because we used OpenVPN to connect from home."
"The scalability is very good, where you can do an HA configuration and then bring in another box, if necessary."
"The main features of this solution are customization and ease to use."
"At our peak time, we have reached more than 5,000 concurrent connections."
"Centralized administration with multiple services, which allows for execution in several important functionalities of information security."
"What I like about pfSense is that it works well and runs on an inexpensive appliance."
"Stability has been excellent. We have experienced no issues; it never fails."
"Its customer service could be better."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"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."
"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."
"Huawei NGFW should have better reporting and a dashboard for the visibility of traffic."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"In terms of areas of improvement, the interface seemed like it had a lot. The GUI interface that I had gotten into was rather elaborate. I don't know if they could zero in on some markets and potentially for small, medium businesses specifically, give them a stripped-down version of the GUI for pfSense."
"Layer 7 advanced firewall features are not included in the solution."
"If you want to take advantage of all of the solution's options, you need to have a bit of a technical background. It's not for a layperson."
"The technical support needs to be improved."
"The GUI could use improvements, though it is manageable."
"Other solutions provide more scope for growth. For instance, we can have only 10 to 20 employees on VPN, but other solutions can support more users. We also have more capabilities to increase the performance of the solution."
"The main problem with pfSense is that it lacks adequate ransomware protection."
"The solution could improve by having centralized management and API support online."
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, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, 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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