We performed a comparison between Hillstone T-Series and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"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 scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"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."
"We installed Hillstone T-Series after a ransomware attack. The dashboard and user interface are very good."
"It has been stable so far."
"I like the UI. Most things are accessible from the user interface and it is quite user-friendly. With respect to both VM-based firewalls and physical firewalls, it's easy to create updates."
"In Palo Alto the most important feature is the App-ID."
"I have not actually called their support line, because we have a direct contact to a senior engineer in the company for any issues that we handle with them. I will say they are very responsive, and they do give you the information you need when you need it."
"Centralized management is valuable because it allows us to configure settings in one location and apply them across all three locations."
"It provides complete security posture from end-to-end. This has given us better visibility into what our security aspects are."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is easy to maintain...From a security point of view, I find Palo Alto Networks VM-Series to be a better product compared to the other solutions in the market."
"It has the ability to create Palo Alto VM-series using software."
"It allows us to see all our traffic to properly secure it and only allow what is needed through the firewall."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"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."
"Licensing is not cheap."
"It would be helpful if we had a direct number for the support manager or the supporting engineer. That would be better than having to email every time because there would be less wait."
"We don't know how it will scale once we start putting more load on it."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"The product could provide protection above Layer 3, which gets into the application layer and provides better visibility into those aspects of application security."
"I would like to have automatic daily reporting, such as how many users have connected via SSL VPN."
"There are some delays that I have observed when my company communicates with Palo Alto's support engineers."
"The disadvantage with Palo Alto is that they don't have a cloud-based solution that includes a secure web gateway."
"The interface is all Java-based. I would prefer an HTML5 interface."
Hillstone T-Series is ranked 36th in Firewalls with 3 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 52 reviews. Hillstone T-Series is rated 7.4, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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 Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". Hillstone T-Series is most compared with Sangfor NGAF, Hillstone E-Series and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall.
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