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."The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"It is quite easy to handle."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"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."
"The solution is fairly scalable when it comes to integrating with other applications and data sets."
"I have found the firewall portion for the blocking most valuable."
"It has a very nice web interface, and it is very simple to use. The way policies are working is also good."
"The GUI is easy to understand."
"The solution is very easy to use and configure."
"Great extensibility of the platform."
"It is a good firewall with good performance."
"A free firewall that is a good network security appliance."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"Their software support needs improvement. I would prefer to have better support for bug fixes. Sometimes, we open a ticket, and it is very difficult to get a solution. Specifically, we are not at all happy with their support for load balancing."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"They have a very good technical support team, but I think there are some communication issues due to language differences."
"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."
"Licensing is not cheap."
"The VPN feature of the solution could improve by adding better functionality and providing easier configure ability."
"The user interface can be improved to make it easier to add more features. And pfSense could be better integrated with other solutions, like antivirus."
"The access control aspect of the product could be improved."
"I believe improving integration with various antivirus vendors could be beneficial."
"The solution could use better reporting. They need to offer more of it in general. Right now, the graphics aren't the best. If you need to provide a report to a manager, for example, it doesn't look great. They need to make it easier to understand and give users the ability to customize them."
"I would like to see different graphs available in the reporting."
"Their support could be better in terms of the response time."
"The interface is not very shiny and attractive."
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, Hillstone E-Series and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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