We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiClient and Hillstone E-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The integration of VPN services with endpoint security is valuable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It's very stable."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is a fantastic product. Its overall security is valuable. We are very impressed with the web filtering and the application firewall it provides."
"FortiClient's most valuable features are that it's fast and safe."
"It is very simple to use. I've used some of the others in the past, such as Cisco AnyConnect, which was a nightmare. I've used a couple of others, but FortiClient is very simple to use."
"The EMS server gives us good control and central management."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"Five out of five ROI."
"This solution has two main features that we find very valuable; a threat-intelligence option, and a web/application filtering option. The technical support team are very good and very quick."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"Working with Distribution sometimes comes at a cost due to a lack of knowledge of the current status of your licensing and products."
"FortiClient's encryption key could be stronger so that it's not broken too easily."
"The filtering process could be improved."
"It would be interesting if the solution offered a way to try to investigate and create a use case to trace vectors."
"While we like patch management, it would be nice if it could handle patch management for other solutions, like Microsoft."
"There should be more frequent releases or updates."
"With Fortinet, some clients have to wait two to four days for a response. That is the biggest complaint from end customer about Fortinet's technical support."
"We've got one client where it was blocking the smartphones, and there's a way to set it up on Fortigate that's supposed to do that. However, it didn't work with them since they had a 2FA multi-factor."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
Fortinet FortiClient is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 40 reviews while Hillstone E-Series is ranked 13th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 6 reviews. Fortinet FortiClient is rated 8.0, while Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiClient writes "Gives us more visibility over our network to see which users are connected to the firewalls and what they're accessing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone E-Series writes "Efficient call processor and overall amazing ROI". Fortinet FortiClient is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Fortinet FortiEDR, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, whereas Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OpenVPN Access Server, Netgate pfSense and Meraki MX. See our Fortinet FortiClient vs. Hillstone E-Series report.
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