We performed a comparison between Hillstone CloudEdge and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."What's most important is the ease of use."
"Some of the valuable features are the firewall, IPS, web filter, and gateway capabilities. Additionally, it is easy to use and flexible."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"I use pfSense because it gives me the flexibility to greatly expand basic firewall features."
"The initial setup was simple and fast."
"The "OpenVPN Client Export" package is really helpful in exporting the VPN client software on most popular devices: iOS/Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and a handful of SIP handsets."
"The solution is fairly scalable when it comes to integrating with other applications and data sets."
"The tools' most valuable feature is load balancing."
"A very stable product that lasts over time, easy to understand, and administer."
"It is a good firewall with good performance."
"Is good at blocking IP addresses."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"Sometimes you do need to know some CLI commands, so it's a bit harder for technicians or new people that don't know it."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"The security could be improved."
"The GUI could use more “bells and whistles”. It's got plenty of info for a Sysadmin but some people like shiny things."
"The product must provide integration with other solutions."
"If you want to take advantage of all of the solution's options, you need to have a bit of a technical background. It's not for a layperson."
"When I checked other packages, it seems they use different tools that are installed on the PSS for functionality. They rely on third-party tools, unlike Fortinet, for example, which has its own tools. In comparison, we also use third-party tools on pfSense. For example, we had a situation where we needed a tool to identify authorized users, and when I searched for a solution, I found a third-party tool. However, using such tools may come with additional costs."
"There are some bias issues and some intrusions in our network that have to be addressed. So, we're thinking of changing this firewall to something like a professional hardware-enabled firewall."
"The integration could be improved."
"The solution could improve by having centralized management and API support online."
Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with , whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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