We performed a comparison between Huawei NGFW and Zscaler Internet Access based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"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."
"The interface is very good."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The UI is quite good."
"I had no difficulty using the Huawei NGFW."
"The tool helps us to integrate with other brands."
"It enables us to configure different policies and restrictions for specific users within the same subnet."
"The security is good. It's as effective as anything else on the market."
"The solution's implementation is pretty easy."
"The mapping features and traffic logging are good."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"It is easy to set up the solution."
"Zscaler Web Security protects our users in remote locations from internet threats - even if they are not connected to our network."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The solution is stable."
"One on the main benefits is protection all time from anywhere."
"The solution offers a distributed organization to master and to control all of the endpoints."
"We don't have to buy equipment to use it. And when our engineers set it up on our side, we just configured a few settings and we were in."
"All internet access flows through the Zscaler proxy, regardless of whether people are in office or remote. I have greater control site access and I minimize the number of compromises that we experience to almost none."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"It is stable, but its stability can be improved."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"The tool does not have web functionality. It needs to also have high end firewalls."
"The solution is scalable but it is difficult because you need to purchase new systems, it is not just one click."
"I would like to see an antivirus solution included with the product."
"The solution requires a more interactive dashboard. That would make it easier than playing with configurations the way we have to now."
"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."
"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 user interface could be more user-friendly."
"Huawei also need to improve spam techniques and add a web application firewall. Currently, Huawei does not have a built-in web application firewall (WAF) like Fortinet does."
"Zscaler Internet Access could improve by adding a VPN feature."
"In every cloud service in the world, you have multiple upstream internet providers to create diversity so that if one of your providers fails, your network just continues. In South Africa, there is only one upstream provider, and that's not right. That that's a problem."
"We'd like to have more plugins and integration."
"There are a few features that are not compatible with the Azure cloud."
"The price of the solution could be improved."
"Zscaler Internet Access needs to integrate more ISPs. It is good to have more than three ISPs."
"One thing that needs to be improved is their presence in China. I'm not sure if that's a Zscaler thing or if it's a problem with all vendors in this space, but it would be nice to have better coverage in China. This concern is a common one for vendors across the board when dealing with the Chinese market."
"Sometimes it's not easy to use during large deployments of workstations."
Huawei NGFW is ranked 31st in Firewalls with 21 reviews while Zscaler Internet Access is ranked 2nd in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 47 reviews. Huawei NGFW is rated 7.2, while Zscaler Internet Access is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Huawei NGFW writes "GUI application allows for easy monitoring and analysis of potential intrusions but needs improvement in threat prevention signatures". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Internet Access writes "Provides integrated CASB and file sandboxing but could be less expensive ". Huawei NGFW is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and OPNsense, whereas Zscaler Internet Access is most compared with Cisco Umbrella, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Netskope , Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks and Appgate SDP.
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