We performed a comparison between Hillstone CloudEdge and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Overall security features and performance routing is good."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"Creation of certificates and the facility to administer services are valuable features."
"The solution is very easy to use and configure."
"The documentation is very good."
"I like pfSense's security features."
"There is good documentation with a fantastic community and enterprise support."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It is a good firewall with good performance."
"The interface is straightforward and easy to use."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"It needs more available central management."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"For the migration, everyone has a firewall in use and I am selling Fortinet. Typically, I am replacing another firewall. Previously, there was a tool available to convert configurations from one firewall, such as Palo Alto, to Fortinet, but this tool is no longer free. If it could be made free again, it would be very beneficial."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"Netgate pfSense needs to improve the configuration for a VPN."
"A malware blocker should be included. I do not know if it is included yet. However, until now, we have not experienced a large malware invasion."
"Perhaps the documentation is not clear and because it is supported in the community there is no basic documentation."
"The access control aspect of the product could be improved."
"The security could be improved."
"We have not had any problems with it, and we also do not have a need for any new features. If anything, its reporting can be better. Sophos has better reporting than pfSense. Sophos has more detailed information. pfSense is not as detailed. It is summarized."
"Web interface could be enhanced and more user friendly."
"ClamAV AntiVirus can cause some crashes. That service should be improved."
Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with , whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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