We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and SonicWall TZ 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 features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"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."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The setup is quite easy."
"The most useful feature is the performance of the firewalls and networking operations."
"I find the security we are able to do with the policies to be valuable. The monitoring is valuable as well."
"It's been very easy to implement and deploy."
"We are able to block whatever we want to block by using this product. It provides all required security features, such as content filtering, VPN, in one box. Before switching to SonicWall, we had specified all required features."
"The solution's VPN is very good for stability and detecting threats."
"The most common feature in the firewall, apart from that traditional firewall, would be the security services, like application control, URL filtering, Gateway Anti-Virus, and IPS protection. These are the essential features in the firewalls which I think, has to be enabled and properly used at every network infrastructure."
"The best thing about the product is the very good threat prevention output."
"They give good protection to my network and support it."
"I have found this solution to be easier to use when compared to other products, such as those offered by Cisco."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"The initial setup is complex."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"There are mainly two areas of improvement in Fortinet FortiGate— the licensing cost and the timing of upgrading licenses for boxes."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"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 solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"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 IPS feature must be improved."
"The solution does not have sandboxing features."
"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 monitoring is a little bit confusing."
"The solution must provide more ports."
"They should consider working a bit more on their ransomware application."
"The lack of support is having me look into other solutions to replace SonicWALL."
"There can be an improvement in analysis and reporting. We need enhancement on the reporting side."
"In an upcoming release, SonicWall could improve by adding cloud management for all devices for free or at a nominal cost. Currently, they have a cloud management platform but is not free. We have the MySonicWall portal for purchasing from them for software updates and renewals."
"I would like the solution to build in more redundancy. I"
"I'd like to have cloud management at no additional cost. Unfortunately, leveraging SonicWall's cloud management capabilities is cost-prohibitive, so we don't use it. They should have a reasonable subscription or offer it to us at no cost as an MSP."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 19 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. 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 SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX and Sophos XG, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Huawei NGFW vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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