We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Hillstone E-Series, and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"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."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"Five out of five ROI."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"In Palo Alto the most important feature is the App-ID."
"The solution strengthens our IT posture."
"We use the product on our Azure network firewalls."
"It offers a single pane of glass for all the different types of installations."
"It scales linearly with load and no issues."
"I have not actually called their support line, because we have a direct contact to a senior engineer in the company for any issues that we handle with them. I will say they are very responsive, and they do give you the information you need when you need it."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is easy to maintain...From a security point of view, I find Palo Alto Networks VM-Series to be a better product compared to the other solutions in the market."
"The feature that I have found the most useful is that it meets all our requirements technically."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"They've become quite expensive."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having a frequent ask questions(FAQ) area for people to receive quick answers to popular questions. Additionally, it would be beneficial to have an SMS notification feature. For example, if you cannot access your email you could receive an SMS message."
"The scalability could be better."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is a complex product to work with."
"With Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, it is hard for me to manage its network configuration part."
"The web interface is very slow, and it needs to be faster."
"We have run into some issues with scaling and limitations associated with some of the configurations."
"The product needs improvement in their Secure Access Service Edge."
"It can definitely improve on the performance."
"The solution's licensing could be improved, and training should be included before installation."
"The product could provide protection above Layer 3, which gets into the application layer and provides better visibility into those aspects of application security."