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Hillstone Networks Hillstone CloudEdge Virtual-Firewall vs Snowplow comparison

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Hillstone Networks Hillston...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
460th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
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Snowplow
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
21st
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
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Centralized security has protected hybrid workloads and provides deep visibility into cloud traffic
Cloud-native automation and IaC: Terraform support, auto-scaling templates, and API maturity lag behind Palo Alto VM-Series and FortiGate-VM. Dynamically scaling in public cloud requires more manual effort. Third-party integrations and ecosystem: fewer native connectors with SIEM/SOAR platforms, CSPM, and third-party tools compared to market leaders. Documentation and training material: technical documentation and community resources (forums, tutorials, KB) are more limited, which lengthens the learning curve for new teams. SASE/SSE capabilities: the integrated SASE/ZTNA offering is less mature compared to the convergence already provided by Fortinet or Palo Alto. Centralized multi-instance management: managing large fleets of virtual appliances could be smoother; centralized management (HSM) works, but some users would like more granularity and automation.
Neha Lall - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Analytics Lead at MSE Technology
Granular behavioral tracking has transformed how we understand user journeys and optimize funnels
Snowplow could be improved in a couple of areas. The Snowplow team is readily available and proactive, always jumping on calls to make changes, especially how we track consent and non-consent data for the EU market. One area of improvement could be its vast canvas, which might feel overwhelming and confusing to people who are less technical or are not sure how to best structure their data. Although Snowplow is powerful, getting value from this granular event data does require strong SQL skills and knowledge of the underlying data model. Therefore, making the data more accessible to less technical users could enhance intuitive self-service exploration, funnel visualization, and easier debugging of tracking issues, allowing product teams to gain insights without relying heavily on analysts. Snowplow could also automate most processes and implement smarter monitoring alerts for fallback. Better documentation and easier debugging when event tracking or schemas change would help, given that managing event definitions centrally can be a hassle when there is a breaking change. Having automated systems to inform users about changes in events or properties would make things smoother across teams.

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Pros

"CloudEdge has helped us apply consistent security controls to our AWS workloads with our on-premises workloads."
"On balance, Hillstone CloudEdge is a solid and highly competitive solution within the virtual NGFW firewall segment."
"The most valuable aspect is the combination of traditional firewall functionality with cloud deployment flexibility."
"Hillstone CloudEdge Virtual Firewall provides advanced security for cloud and virtualized environments through next-generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities, including application visibility and control, intrusion prevention (IPS), antivirus protection, VPN services, threat intelligence, and advanced attack defense mechanisms."
"Snowplow has impacted my organization positively, very well. For DPG Media, it is the most important data source that we have, delivering a lot of value in the company."
"On a broader level, Snowplow has brought a lot of credibility to the analysis and dashboards that I have created, with the biggest positive impact being that it gives us reliable, centralized behavioral data that teams can use consistently."
"Snowplow is excellent at what it is designed for: full control over data collection and processing, strong schema-driven tracking, and works really well with warehouse-first stacks like Google BigQuery."
"Snowplow is doing perfectly what it says it is doing; it meets everything it promises and develops the product all the time."
"Snowplow has positively impacted my organization by enabling me to see user behavior in real time."
"We have a lot more insight into our user behaviour and can now make the correct decisions."
 

Cons

"The setup cost is more expensive with similar features."
"Additional automation resources for AWS would also be helpful."
"Cloud-native automation and IaC: Terraform support, auto-scaling templates, and API maturity lag behind Palo Alto VM-Series and FortiGate-VM."
"The only issue that we had at a certain moment was that Snowplow was offering more services and asking us to pay more, but we did not use all these services."
"One area of improvement could be its vast canvas, which might feel overwhelming and confusing to people who are less technical or are not sure how to best structure their data."
"Snowplow can be improved by reducing the pricing, as it is currently too high."
"Setup is challenging because getting the pipeline infrastructure right is hard."
"Maintenance overhead was high, debugging and schema management were time-consuming, and there were increasing security concerns due to it no longer being actively maintained."
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Hillstone Networks Hillstone CloudEdge Virtual-Firewall?
Additional automation resources for AWS would also be helpful. More comprehensive CloudFormation or Terraform examples, deployment templates, and guidance for high-availability architectures could ...
What is your primary use case for Hillstone Networks Hillstone CloudEdge Virtual-Firewall?
We deploy Hillstone CloudEdge Virtual-Firewall in AWS to protect workloads hosted inside our VPC. We use it to inspect north-south traffic, enforce access-control policies, secure communication bet...
What needs improvement with Snowplow?
Snowplow could be improved in a couple of areas. The Snowplow team is readily available and proactive, always jumping on calls to make changes, especially how we track consent and non-consent data ...
What is your primary use case for Snowplow?
I have been using Snowplow for the past four or five years. We migrated from Google Analytics to Snowplow, and our main use case for Snowplow is for tracking events for instrumentation. We also use...
 

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