We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and OPNsense 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 use and performs very well."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"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."
"I am impressed with the product's antivirus features, strong encryption, policy implementation and easier installation."
"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 implementation is pretty easy."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"It's open source."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"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 is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"The WAF capability in the Huawei Firewall is missing."
"The solution isn't cheap. It's market price."
"One issue we've encountered with Huawei NGFW is that after using a firewall for two or three years, we need to replace it. The new firewalls often have more features and better memory or throughput. However, sometimes, they lack some features that the old ones had."
"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 user interface could be more user-friendly."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 20 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while OPNsense 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 OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Huawei NGFW vs. OPNsense report.
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