We performed a comparison between Hillstone CloudEdge and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki MX is I can manage the solution from anywhere remotely, I can throttle bandwidth, and create all rules. Additionally, it is secure for our customers."
"Traffic Shaping: The device lets you decide how you want to use your internet services. Due to the fact that Meraki can accept dual WAN, you can decide the way you balance the data traffic."
"It has a helpful feature for database troubleshooting issues."
"They have very good technical support and I have relied heavily on them."
"The technical support people from Meraki are brilliant."
"Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS): The best feature. It can detect malware, even a virus, and warn you by email about the device that has it. When the Meraki detects that something is wrong, it automatically blocks the connection or the intrusion, delivering a graphic report with all the necessary content."
"It is very easy to configure."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"I would like to see more advanced developments of a wireless controller in the future."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"An area for improvement in Meraki MX is that it needs some provision, as supplying the unit through Cisco can be tedious at times, but as far as the product itself and its offerings, Meraki MX is five-star all the way."
"We can’t access GUI management and CLI opening features when the Internet is unavailable."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"The solution's pricing should be reduced."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"MX can only be managed via a web interface, but I'm accustomed to using a CLI or a graphical interface. I would also like to see more reporting features. It doesn't provide enough information for me to know precisely about some clients."
"The product is quite complex to set up."
"The security is not as strong as it could be"
Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with , whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense.
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