Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G vs Sophos Central Firewall Management
Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G
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| Figure | Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G | Sophos Central Firewall Management |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Unified Threat Management | 7.0 (#5) | 7.4 (#3) |
| Spec score · Next Generation Firewall Software | 7.1 (#9) | 7.5 (#6) |
| Spec score · Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software | 7.1 (#26) | 7.5 (#18) |
| Deployment | Huawei says the series can be deployed in enterprise branches, enterprise campuses, and data centers. | Deployment options include XGS appliances, cloud PAYG or BYOL, virtual environments including VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix, and KVM, and software images on Intel hardware. |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, China | Abingdon, United Kingdom |
| Threat detection | Huawei says its AI detection algorithms at local gateways analyze malicious behavior and achieve a 95% detection rate for unknown threats. | Sophos Firewall includes cloud-hosted Network Detection and Response with AI detection of suspicious URLs and encrypted payloads. |
Plans
Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G
- HiSecEngine USG6800G SeriesPriced on request
Sophos Central Firewall Management
- Sophos Firewall Base LicensePriced on request
In their own words
Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G
Huawei HiSecEngine USG6800G is an appliance-based network security series for enterprise branches, campuses, and data centers. Huawei describes it as an AI firewall built on a new software and hardware architecture. Integrated protection covers firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, antivirus, bandwidth management, anti-DDoS, and URL filtering. It identifies more than 6,000 applications and can control access to application functions. Huawei says local-gateway AI algorithms analyze malicious behavior and detect 95% of unknown threats. VPN options include IPsec, SSL, and GRE. The series addresses more than 10 common DDoS attacks and more than 20 single-packet attacks, with baseline learning and IP reputation filtering. Centralized management provides policy orchestration and alarm correlation. Models are USG6855G, USG6875G, and USG6885G in a 2U form factor.
Sophos Central Firewall Management
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