We performed a comparison between Hillstone T-Series and SonicWall TZ based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"The solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"The performance is good."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is content filtering and app control."
"SonicWall TZ is a very cost-effective solution that provides good security."
"We are very much happy with the support."
"With the main firewall routing there, we can do connectivity point-to-point. On the low bandwidth we can connect in all the branches with my corporate office."
"The product’s filtering and URL-blocking features are valuable."
"The general feature is the antivirus policy, followed by the ransomware protection, and these are the features I was looking at."
"The most valuable feature is the protection available, and then ease of use and flexibility."
"The performance has been very good. Overall, the solution is quite stable."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"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."
"The dashboard needs to be improved."
"The monitoring is a little bit confusing."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"I would like the solution to build in more redundancy. I"
"The interface and technical support are probably the two most important things that I would like SonicWall to improve."
"The lack of support is having me look into other solutions to replace SonicWALL."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
Hillstone T-Series is ranked 36th in Firewalls with 3 reviews while SonicWall TZ is ranked 12th in Firewalls with 78 reviews. Hillstone T-Series is rated 7.4, while SonicWall TZ is rated 8.0. 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 SonicWall TZ writes "Has efficient user access control feature and good technical support services ". Hillstone T-Series is most compared with Sangfor NGAF and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas SonicWall TZ is most compared with Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, SonicWall NSa and WatchGuard Firebox.
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