We performed a comparison between Hillstone E-Series and Juniper vSRX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The interface is very good."
"Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"It performs very well."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"Five out of five ROI."
"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."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"We like the solution’s protocol and its dashboard system."
"The command feature is valuable."
"It's a very powerful solution and the firewalls offer high performance"
"The hardware is stable."
"The technical support services are excellent."
"It is deployed on the customer site, and we manage the firewalls on this side."
"The initial setup was very straightforward. There was no problem. The initial deployment took about one hour."
"The product’s quality and performance are better than other vendors."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Fortinet Fortigate could benefit by simplifying some of their processes."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"The scalability could be better."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"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 tool needs to improve its price."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"We have some weird errors and some weird behavior on the solution occasionally. The device gets buggy without anyone touching it. It would work and then suddenly stop. Sometimes you need to just move the cards out and restart it again, and it will work. The solution itself, the hardware and the software, there must be some bugs that need to be dealt with."
"The security feature must be improved."
"Fortinet is more user friendly than Juniper. In terms of remote access, I actually prefer using Fortinet. It's much easier to configure."
"It is pretty complex to manage and could be easier."
"They could provide support for cloud deployments."
"We experienced some technical issues during implementation"
"Some people complain that the solution tends to have a steep learning curve. It could be because most people have basic familiarity with Cisco or other similar products and maybe have never worked closely with Juniper products."
"The solution could improve its technical support."
Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews while Juniper vSRX is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 30 reviews. Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0, while Juniper vSRX is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Hillstone E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper vSRX writes "Fast with good usability and fairly scalable". Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, OpenVPN Access Server, Netgate pfSense and Meraki MX, whereas Juniper vSRX is most compared with Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Cisco Secure Firewall and Zscaler Cloud Firewall. See our Hillstone E-Series vs. Juniper vSRX report.
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