Huawei Cloud Firewall vs NethSecurity
Huawei Cloud Firewall
huaweicloud.com
NethSecurity
nethsecurity.orgSide by side
| Figure | Huawei Cloud Firewall | NethSecurity |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $420/mo | €12.50/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 5 |
| Spec score · Network Firewall Software | 7.4 (#19) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Integrations | The product page names Log Tank Service (LTS), SecMaster, Cloud Trace Service (CTS), and Simple Message Notification (SMN) as collaborating cloud services. | Netify Informatics is a third-party cloud service that uses NethSecurity DPI metadata to provide network intelligence and visibility. |
| Purpose | Cloud Firewall is a cloud-native firewall that protects Internet and VPC borders with intrusion detection and prevention, access control, traffic analysis, and log auditing. | NethSecurity is an OpenWrt-based unified threat management solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses. |
Plans
Huawei Cloud Firewall
- Standard$420 a month
- Professional$1,450 a month
NethSecurity
- CommunityFree
- PartnerFree
- Personal€150 a year
- Business€297 a year
- Partner +20 active subscriptionsPriced on request
In their own words
Huawei Cloud Firewall
Huawei Cloud Firewall has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
NethSecurity
NethSecurity is an OpenWrt-based unified threat management solution for small and medium-sized businesses. It combines firewall, multi-WAN, content filtering, deep packet inspection, intrusion prevention, and VPN capabilities, including IPsec, OpenVPN, and WireGuard. Multi-WAN can balance connections, while traffic shaping applies minimum and maximum bandwidth settings. Threat Shield blocks known malicious IP addresses using named blocklists and confidence scores. NethSecurity is an open-source project and is currently available only for x86-64 systems; minimum requirements are 1 vCPU/core, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB disk, and two Ethernet cards. Its optional Controller runs on NethServer 8 and manages multiple installations remotely. Without a subscription, it can register up to three community firewalls; with a valid subscription, there is no unit limit, but only subscribed firewalls can be registered. Nightly automatic cloud backup is subscription-only. A 30-day trial activates the Business plan, but commercial support cannot be requested during the trial. Professional support response time is one business day during specified Italian business hours, excluding Italian holidays.