We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate and Hillstone T-Series 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."Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"The only firewall able to monitor traffic from a CCTV network. Can detect unauthorized devices plugged into the network, which standard firewalls can't do."
"It has been stable so far."
"We installed Hillstone T-Series after a ransomware attack. The dashboard and user interface are very good."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"They have a very good technical support team, but I think there are some communication issues due to language differences."
"Another loophole with Hillstone T-Series is that when we connect through WiFi and turn our hot spot on, all who connect through the hotspot get all the functions, and the security does not work."
"Licensing is not cheap."
Fortinet FortiGate is ranked 2nd in Firewalls with 306 reviews while Hillstone T-Series is ranked 36th in Firewalls with 3 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate is rated 8.4, while Hillstone T-Series is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate writes "It's a reliable solution that's easy to install and cheaper than competitors ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone T-Series writes "Is stable and has a user-friendly dashboard and a good interface". Fortinet FortiGate is most compared with Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Hillstone T-Series is most compared with Sangfor NGAF and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Fortinet FortiGate vs. Hillstone T-Series report.
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