We performed a comparison between Hillstone E-Series and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls 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."Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"Five out of five ROI."
"This solution has two main features that we find very valuable; a threat-intelligence option, and a web/application filtering option. The technical support team are very good and very quick."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"The configuration is very simple."
"I like that they are more stable than the previous ones, and they allow a lot of other features."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"They have a good system operator in the firewalls and it provides many tools that they can use to protect their networks."
"I like that it has high security."
"DNS Security is a good feature because, in the real world with web threats, you can block all web threats and bad sites. DNS Security helps to prevent those threats. It's also very helpful with Zero-day attacks because DNS Security blocks all DNS requests before any antivirus would know that such requests contain a virus or a threat to your PC or your network."
"One of the key features for us is product stability. We are a bank, so we require 24/7 service."
"It's one of the best products I've worked with. It's typically a market leader on Gartner. It's a very respected brand."
"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."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"Backup can be improved."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"We need better affiliations for profiling the user."
"Over the past one or two years, Palo Alto Networks has added a lot of features into the NG Firewall products. I think this is becoming more complicated for our customers. Therefore, we could use some best practices, best practice tools, and implementation guides for some of the complicated features."
"I would like to see better integration with IoT technologies."
"The only area I can see for improvement is that Palo Alto should do more marketing."
"The user interface is a bit clumsy and not very user-friendly."
"The solution has normal authentication, but does not have two-factor or multi-factor authentication. There is room for development there."
"The solution is not straightforward."
"Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls need better training modules. You have to do a lot of reading prior to watching the training videos, and it's good for people who are really into it. However, often you want to use a video for a TID. You want to see how to do something rather than spend 30 minutes reading and then another 30 minutes watching the class. As a result, I take third-party training classes rather than Palo Alto's training because they are a lot better."
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Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is ranked 6th in Firewalls with 164 reviews. Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0, while Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hillstone E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls writes "We get reports back from WildFire on a minute-by-minute basis". Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Sophos XG, OpenVPN Access Server, Netgate pfSense, Sangfor SSL VPN and Meraki MX, whereas Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls is most compared with Check Point NGFW, Azure Firewall, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense. See our Hillstone E-Series vs. Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls report.
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