We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Hillstone T-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"Good load balancing feature."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"FortiGate Secure SD-WAN includes best-of-breed next-generation firewall (NGFW) security, SD-WAN, advanced routing, and WAN optimization capabilities, delivering a security-driven networking WAN edge transformation in a unified offering."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"Web filtering and the IPS functionality."
"The most valuable features are the web proxy for protection and web gateway for deployment."
"There is an interesting possibility of building a tunnel to a firewall from access points. We use this feature for small branch offices with one to two employees with access to central RDP servers."
"The most valuable feature is the WAN optimization."
"An enhanced security solution for any kind of alert that we have configured."
"While the stability maybe isn't quite to the level of Cisco, it is a very cost-effective solution. It's cheap compared to Cisco."
"It provides an ease of management and configuration as well."
"The product is easy to implement."
"It has been stable so far."
"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."
"We installed Hillstone T-Series after a ransomware attack. The dashboard and user interface are very good."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the protection, it did not prevent us from being attacked. Additionally, Fortinet FortiGate could provide more features for WAF devices. I should not have to purchase two solutions, it would be a benefit to combine these features into one solution."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"Some issues with connecting to the VPN from home after firmware updates."
"Customization needs improvement."
"One thing that can be better is added automation. And, on top of that, enhanced security when it comes to the automation itself."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The solution could use very well-defined support for resellers."
"Not a ten because I think that Cisco is better."
"It has a monitoring tool, but it could be improved."
"We encountered scalability issues in IPSec Module. The tunnels freeze sometimes."
"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."
"They have a very good technical support team, but I think there are some communication issues due to language differences."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Hillstone T-Series is ranked 36th in Firewalls with 3 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Hillstone T-Series is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". 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-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Netgate pfSense, whereas Hillstone T-Series is most compared with Sangfor NGAF, Hillstone E-Series and WatchGuard Firebox.
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