We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and WatchGuard Firebox 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's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"The interface is very good."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"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."
"We have found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"Huawei was able to assist us in the installation of their product. The installation was very fast."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"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 had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"WatchGuard Firebox is the most powerful firewall for Wi-Fi security."
"I like their management features a lot. Their System Manager server as well the System Manager software make managing them, and tracking changes, very easy and complete."
"[A] valuable feature would be the branch office. We have five offices throughout the United States, and it coordinates the connections of those offices."
"As a whole, it has a very low requirement for ongoing interaction. It's very self-sufficient. If properly patched, it has very high reliability. The total cost of ownership once deployed is very low."
"Because we bought two firewalls... we need a central place to manage the policies and deploy them to both devices. It's good that it provides a system management console that is able to manipulate and manage policies in one place and deploy them to different locations."
"It's very easy to use, especially compared to similar products. A lot more users use the WatchGuard appliance now than use the SonicWall appliance because of the ease of usability."
"Firebox's best feature is the access portal."
"The most valuable feature of WatchGuard Firebox is the VPN. It's easy to connect to the VPN."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"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 requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"The solution could be more secure and have better integration."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"Websense is an application that monitors and filters internet traffic. Websense was derived from WatchGuard. But when you go to WatchGuard to actually implement that particular feature, you have to use some type of additional feature and you have to pay for it, unfortunately. I think it should be free or free in the WatchGuard box itself, as an option. It would be nice if they didn't charge us for that."
"I haven’t dug deeply into the reporting features yet or if they are working well. However, I have generated several reports and there was too much unnecessary information, in comparison with the reporting features in the Sophos firewall. Sophos' reporting is more readable and easier to configure."
"Make WatchGuard Firebox capable of integrating with third-party vendors like FireMon, Splunk, Tenable, etc."
"The data loss protection works well, but it could be easier to configure. The complexity of data loss protection makes it a more difficult feature to fully leverage. Better integration with third-party, two-factor authentication would be advantageous."
"They are working on cloud-based options. However, they do not have the options fully functional in their solution at this time."
"When working with WatchGuard, specifically in configuring Panda Security on the portal for the first time, it was challenging for me."
"It's very hard to get information from their website, for exactly what I need to do. Sometimes I end up having to open a lot of support tickets... It's a navigational issue which makes it hard to find what I'm looking for and it's just so broad."
"The solution's pricing could be improved."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 18 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while WatchGuard Firebox 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Meraki MX and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Huawei NGFW vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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