We performed a comparison between Hillstone E-Series and SonicWall TZ 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."It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"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."
"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."
"The performance is good."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"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."
"Five out of five ROI."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"The most valuable features are unified threat management which provides security intelligence and the VPN for both site-to-site and remote access."
"The performance has been very good. Overall, the solution is quite stable."
"The general feature is the antivirus policy, followed by the ransomware protection, and these are the features I was looking at."
"The feature we found most valuable in SonicWall TZ is that it is user-friendly for an administrator."
"We like the central interface and we like the security features. Additionally, we use SonicWall with VPN connectivity and we have had no problems with SonicWall all these years."
"The VPN is quite useful for us, as well as the ATP."
"SonicWall TZ is stable."
"The solution boasts good performance and is easy to use."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"Its price could be better."
"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."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"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."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"We require centralized monitoring of the network features, which they have but they are not to the level that we require."
"Support for SonicWall TZ needs improvement, particularly the time it takes before you're able to speak to a support person, e.g. you have to wait for at least 30 minutes on the phone."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"It could probably be more user-friendly, and it could be more scalable with releases and subscriptions."
"It could be made more user friendly."
"It needs more robust self-help documentation along with examples and things to watch out for."
"I can't get the support that I need from SonicWall."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 11th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. 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 SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OpenVPN Access Server, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and A10 Networks Thunder CFW, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Hillstone E-Series vs. SonicWall TZ report.
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