We performed a comparison between Hillstone E-Series and Meraki MX 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."We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"We use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"Five out of five ROI."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"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."
"When you try to create an IP or when you have an alert about when a website is banned, these features are helpful."
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"It is very easy to configure."
"We work also with domain control (DC) from Microsoft or Amazon. We use a whole virtual appliance with Meraki."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"The dashboard is very intuitive and easy to understand."
"In a week, we can make new policy and view what all our users did."
"It is very fast to implement."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"The improvement is related to logs. Instead of the CLI, we should be able to have more insights into the logs of the firewall in the GUI."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"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."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"We feel that Cisco provides smaller features, with fewer possibilities versus other solutions out there."
"In the next release, because the security is pretty basic, I think they could include additional security features."
"Could possibly use deeper configurations."
"More detail needed for configuration of the VPN."
"When we do API integrations with Meraki, they have always been hard as well as tedious to build. The data that we want out of the API integrations has been only recently available. Six months ago, it was hard to get someone to build something correctly or useful with Meraki APIs. Recently, they have made more data available on the API, but it is just a start. They need to do more."
"It would be nice to get detailed logging information without third-party software."
"Meraki tech support staff have a lot more visibility into your network than you do, which is frustrating at times. I understand the approach is to keep the dashboard easier to understand. This will frustrate more advanced users at times."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews. Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, OpenVPN Access Server, Netgate pfSense and A10 Networks Thunder CFW, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Hillstone E-Series vs. Meraki MX report.
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