Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router vs Palo Alto Networks VM-Series

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HN Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router #4 in Virtual Routers Software —/10 Pricing on request ✓ 2 of 2 features Contact Huawei

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Palo Alto Networks VM-Series #8 in Virtual Routers Software —/10 Pricing on request ✓ 2 of 2 features Visit site

• Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router fits best

  Mid-market and enterprise multi-cloud teams

• Palo Alto Networks VM-Series fits best

  Cloud teams needing virtual firewall and basic routing

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Side by side

Feature	HNHuawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router —/10 Visit ↗	Palo Alto Networks VM-Series —/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	—
Ranking	#4 in Virtual Routers Software	#8 in Virtual Routers Software
Best for	Mid-market and enterprise multi-cloud teams	Cloud teams needing virtual firewall and basic routing
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	Not published	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Linux, Web	Web
Integrations	10 integrations	12 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router 2/2 · Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 2/2
VPN support	✓	✓
High availability	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment type	Not published	Not published
Routing protocols	OSPFv2/v3, BGP/BGP4+, static routing	BGP, OSPF, OSPFv3, RIP, static routing
Max throughput	Not published	Not published
Cloud platforms	HUAWEI Cloud, AWS, Alibaba Cloud, Azure, Tencent Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Tianyi Cloud, Volcano Engine, Google Cloud, China Mobile Cloud	Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Alibaba Cloud
Our review
Pros	Supports static routing, OSPFv2/v3, BGP/BGP4+, and policy-based routing Offers L3VPN, SD-WAN EVPN, GRE VPN, IPsec, and IKEv2 Centralizes cloud-site deployment and management through iMaster-NCE	Inspects traffic at Layer 7 with inline security controls Supports BGP, OSPF, OSPFv3, RIP and static routing Runs across major public clouds and virtualization platforms
Cons	Pricing is handled through contact with sales rather than a listed plan The listed support channel is email Its routing, VPN, security, and QoS scope may exceed simpler gateway needs	Security-focused rather than a deep standalone routing platform Pricing requires a sales conversation No general free plan
Our verdict	Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L is a software router deployed as a virtual network function in hypervisor and public-cloud environments. Huawei describes it for enterprise SD-WAN, SASE, and cloud scenarios, including virtual CPE, virtual… Read the review →	Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is a virtualized next-generation firewall for protecting workloads and inspecting traffic across public and private clouds, virtualized data centers, and enterprise branches. It is aimed at mid-market and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Huawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router — where it wins

  • Supports static routing, OSPFv2/v3, BGP/BGP4+, and policy-based routing
  • Offers L3VPN, SD-WAN EVPN, GRE VPN, IPsec, and IKEv2
  • Centralizes cloud-site deployment and management through iMaster-NCE

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is handled through contact with sales rather than a listed plan
  • The listed support channel is email
  • Its routing, VPN, security, and QoS scope may exceed simpler gateway needs

• Palo Alto Networks VM-Series — where it wins

  • Inspects traffic at Layer 7 with inline security controls
  • Supports BGP, OSPF, OSPFv3, RIP and static routing
  • Runs across major public clouds and virtualization platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • Security-focused rather than a deep standalone routing platform
  • Pricing requires a sales conversation
  • No general free plan

• HNHuawei NetEngine AR6700V-L Virtual Router—/10 · Pricing on request

  A cloud-deployable router with broad cloud coverage, VPN, routing, and centralized management.

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• Palo Alto Networks VM-Series—/10 · Pricing on request

  A cloud-ready virtual firewall with core routing protocols, VPNs and high availability.

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