We performed a comparison between Hillstone T-Series and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"This is an easy solution to deploy."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"It has been stable so far."
"We installed Hillstone T-Series after a ransomware attack. The dashboard and user interface are very good."
"The only firewall able to monitor traffic from a CCTV network. Can detect unauthorized devices plugged into the network, which standard firewalls can't do."
"Is good at blocking IP addresses."
"Super easy to manage. Anyone who has been working with firewalls can handle it."
"Sophos Intercept X is scalable. Currently, we have almost 30 people using it in our company."
"We like the fact that the product is open-source. It's free to use. There are no costs associated with it."
"It is much simpler than other solutions such as Fortinet."
"I can manage it easily by myself."
"pfSense is a nice product, and I find that there's a lot of information out there. There are some good tutorials on YouTube and other websites with helpful information."
"I have found the firewall portion for the blocking most valuable."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"One of the problems I was having was with user mapping, and it is an issue for which I have escalated tickets with Fortinet support."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"The pricing could always be better."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The support is the main thing that needs to be improved."
"Licensing is not cheap."
"Another loophole with Hillstone T-Series is that when we connect through WiFi and turn our hot spot on, all who connect through the hotspot get all the functions, and the security does not work."
"They have a very good technical support team, but I think there are some communication issues due to language differences."
"For the third-party packages, I'd rather have it built-in, like a core feature of pfSense, part of the core model."
"The solution could improve by having centralized management and API support online."
"As an open-source solution, there are so many loopholes happening within the product. By design, no one is taking ownership of it, and that is worrisome to me."
"The router monitoring needs improvement when compared with Sonicwall."
"The integration could be improved."
"The GUI could use improvements, though it is manageable."
"Could be simplified for new users."
"The solution could be more user-friendly, and the graphical interface needs some work so that someone without an IT background can use the application. I would like the ability to manage the on-premise appliance from the cloud. When I'm not in the office, it would be great to connect to the pfSense server and administer the network remotely."
Hillstone T-Series is ranked 36th in Firewalls with 3 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Hillstone T-Series is rated 7.4, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hillstone T-Series writes "Is stable and has a user-friendly dashboard and a good interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Hillstone T-Series is most compared with Sangfor NGAF and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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