We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Sophos UTM 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."Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"All of the features of Fortinet FortiGate are useful and the security protection is good."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"We make use of the new data center, specifically the containerized data center which is built and reviewed by Huawei, including all the device's infrastructure."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"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."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"The product is extremely intuitive."
"The management suite is easy and the agent is easy to develop."
"The most valuable feature is that it is easy to administer."
"Sophos UTM has improved the porting section. It has improved security by seeing the gaps. For example, when you discover that an entry has been using a certain application, with Sophos UTM acting as a Layer 7 firewall, you can block the application, not the port."
"I would recommend UTM over XG because it's easier to manage."
"Sophos has a single pane of glass which allows me to manage all my VPCs from a single instance, managing all my firewall from one place."
"It now controls all the security aspects of our web servers with Sophos UTM WAF."
"It is easy to manage."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"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 WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The IPS feature must be improved."
"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 could be more secure and have better integration."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"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 am going to flat out say technical support is terrible. Being a Platinum level customer, I am not happy with the support."
"Sophos customer support could use some improvement."
"The reporting could be a lot better."
"We had some problems with the configuration. They had provided a CloudFormation template, and we had to go several rounds to make it work."
"It is a little too CPU resource intensive, so we would like to see improvements there."
"Sophos UTM's internet security could be better."
"We'd like to see them offer their services on mobile devices like tablets. I'm not sure if that's an option or not."
"They could definitely improve on the support, especially in other countries."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Sophos UTM 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 Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Sophos UTM report.
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