We performed a comparison between Hillstone E-Series and Perimeter 81 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 has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"It can expand easily."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"FortiGate improved our security. It's one of the best hardware firewalls."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"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."
"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."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"Five out of five ROI."
"It has provided a seamless gateway to much-needed platforms."
"Even after restarting, it tries to quickly reestablish connection which is very helpful."
"It helps to quickly get access to the pages I need."
"SD-WAN is one of the primary solutions offered by Perimeter 81."
"The benefits are really built into the underlying protocol, however, Perimeter81 makes these available in a user-friendly way."
"The feature that I have found to be most valuable is the reputation that the company has regarding privacy. Nowadays, this is critical, especially when you do all of your work online."
"Perimeter 81 has increased my security and privacy while maintaining solid internet performance."
"Providing access and security allows our company employees to work from home and remotely."
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"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."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"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."
"I'd love to learn more about all of the features. Maybe a monthly spotlight of features or having a banner that explains more ways certain features could be used would be helpful."
"Currently, I am not able to define a different country or location, which can result in negative experiences as the tool is being recognized by websites and this can make it difficult to access them or force me to disable the program temporarily."
"Its initial setup process is complex for a hybrid environment."
"I would suggest adding more networking and security features that allow more customization within their platform."
"It would be nice to have a notification sound when Perimeter81 disconnects, as I sometimes don't notice when the icon shows that it's disconnected, and I end up wasting time waiting for my browser to load a page that shows an error, usually error 404."
"There are a few areas where the solution could be improved. For instance, we sometimes encounter connectivity issues, which can be problematic. Recently, I experienced a connectivity issue while trying to move to Azure. Connectivity issues can be quite frustrating."
"One of our challenges is ensuring the security of our cloud-based operations."
"The overall UI could be improved and updated to bring a simpler feel to the application."
Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews while Perimeter 81 is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0, while Perimeter 81 is rated 9.2. 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 Perimeter 81 writes "Great SAML and SCIM support with the ability to deploy site-2-site tunnels with specific IP restrictions". Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, OpenVPN Access Server, Netgate pfSense and Meraki MX, whereas Perimeter 81 is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cato SASE Cloud Platform, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare Access and Tailscale. See our Hillstone E-Series vs. Perimeter 81 report.
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