We performed a comparison between Hillstone E-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 ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"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."
"Compared to other firewalls that I had looked at, I thought Sophos was the better solution. It just seems to be easier to manage versus Cisco, Fortinet, or one of the other options I was looking at."
"The firewall feature of Sophos XG has been the most effective for threat prevention."
"The security of Sophos XG is very good."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"Technical support is responsive."
"The scalability of Sophos XG is good."
"I like the tunneling part which we are using for the VOIP. We have various other sites where we connect via tunneling. The tunneling part is very fast and easy to implement."
"The most valuable features are its nice interfaces and configuration. The endpoint is also very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"There are some tiny bugs that sometimes affect the operations. In the past revision of it, there was a bug. Because of the bug, we had to downgrade the version. It happened only with the last revision."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"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."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"Sophos can definitely improve with the interoperability between solutions."
"Lacking network access control, user profiling and analytics dashboards."
"In feature releases of the solution, I would like there to be an increase in the detection capability."
"I would want the level of integration to have another device on your network that is also reliable."
"Sophos XG could improve the policies, they are a bit confusing when creating them. There are many options that make it confusing and it could be simplified."
"The installation could be faster and is longer than that of other solutions, lasting more than a month instead of five minutes."
"Integration with Active Directory is not reliable."
"I would prefer if Sophos XG were cheaper. A lower price would benefit me as a system provider for the end customer. The cost of the license and renewal for all the software and devices is somewhat high."
Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews while Sophos XG is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 192 reviews. Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0, while Sophos XG 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 Sophos XG writes "Easy to use and deploy with an improved pricing structure in place". Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OpenVPN Access Server, Netgate pfSense, Sangfor SSL VPN and Meraki MX, whereas Sophos XG is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XGS, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Hillstone E-Series vs. Sophos XG report.
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