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."Customers are more inclined towards FortiGate because of application control, web filtering, and anti-spam features. The support from the FortiGate team is good, and price-wise, it is affordable."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"Huawei support is excellent. I rate it 10 out of 10."
"The UI is quite good."
"I like that the initial setup is straighforward. It's also a scalable solution."
"The user interface is very, very good."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The setup is quite easy."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"The product’s documentation is good."
"Centralized administration with multiple services, which allows for execution in several important functionalities of information security."
"I like the connectivity to the open VPN. It's very smooth."
"The initial setup was simple and fast."
"It is a good firewall with good performance."
"I use pfSense because it gives me the flexibility to greatly expand basic firewall features."
"The built-in open VPN and the VPN Client Export are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"Creation of certificates and the facility to administer services are valuable features."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Some configuration elements cannot be easily altered once created."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The solution doesn't seem to be very mature. Our networking team says they are experiencing a lot of issues in the firewalls and some routers."
"The tool lacks 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 could be more secure and have better integration."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"The integration could be improved."
"The main problem with pfSense is that it lacks adequate ransomware protection."
"The GUI. There are TONS of plugins for pfSense, as such, if a user wants to add quite a bit of functionality, the GUI will feel a little congested."
"If a user doesn't have a large amount of experience in Linux systems, they will have problems using this solution. Users need to be highly skilled in troubleshooting competency. Users who do not have such skills will find the product difficult to use."
"The solution could be more user-friendly, and the graphical interface needs some work so that someone without an IT background can use the application. I would like the ability to manage the on-premise appliance from the cloud. When I'm not in the office, it would be great to connect to the pfSense server and administer the network remotely."
"User interface is a little clumsy."
"There's a bit of a learning curve during the initial implementation."
"The solution could always work at being more secure. It's a good idea to continue to work on security features and capabilities in order to ensure they can keep clients safe."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 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, Fortinet FortiOS and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Huawei NGFW vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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