We performed a comparison between Hillstone T-Series and Sophos XG based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"It performs very well."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"It can expand easily."
"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 firewall provides network visibility and reporting capabilities, constantly improving over time. It can be integrated with the cloud console, allowing centralized management of multiple firewalls. integration with endpoint security products ensures seamless traffic flow and rule enforcement, even when endpoints are not directly connected to the firewall."
"The solution has good performance and is easy to use."
"Technical support is responsive."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it's easy to manage."
"The most valuable feature is the intrusion prevention system."
"Web publishing is important, as well as the importance of the antivirus patch."
"The SL VPNs are the most valuable feature. I have a lot of systems out of the head office that need to connect to the local networks, and they all connect wirelessly via the Sophos VPN client."
"The interface is user-friendly and the product is easy to configure."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"The support system could be improved."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more capabilities for troubleshooting VPN connections. For example, I do get some feedback about the current status, but I could use some history and logging of important events. The information is logged in our Syslog server, but I could use that information from the device. If they could provide a GUI to have some more insight on what's going with my VPN would be useful."
"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."
"They have a very good technical support team, but I think there are some communication issues due to language differences."
"For the moment, managing the Sophos interface is a little bit challenging."
"The pricing has gotten much higher."
"The solution’s reporting could be improved."
"This solution could be improved with more effective bandwidth. I found that when I enable DDoS detection for our clients, bandwidth is reduced. If DDoS detection is disabled, the bandwidth will be high, but it isn't secure. We recommend that customers enable DDoS detection, but if they need high bandwidth, we recommend Palo Alto and FortiGate instead of Sophos."
"There is an area that is very specific to our setup, where working tools you cannot easily establish a VPN between two internal networks."
"The solution could offer a bit more integration with other systems, with other platforms - just to be able to extend the capability and to interface with other kinds of platforms or systems that I can find on the market as it gives the possibility to improve the level of integration."
"Areas for improvement would be the access points and the on-premise version, which is very bad."
"It is complicated to get the reports if you are not experienced with Sophos."
Hillstone T-Series is ranked 36th in Firewalls with 3 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Hillstone T-Series is rated 7.4, while Sophos XG is rated 8.2. 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 Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Hillstone T-Series is most compared with Sangfor NGAF and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Hillstone T-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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