We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Hillstone T-Series, and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"Using this product makes the VPN seamless and almost invisible to me in the sense that I don't have to think about it."
"The most valuable feature is the bundled subscription, which is IPS, TV and web filtering."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The reporting you receive out of this appliance is excellent. You will not need an external management system."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"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."
"It has been stable so far."
"The packet filtering's great. You get out what you put into it. It works great as long as you know your security and configure everything adequately. If you just pop one in and it's not configured, then it's basically wide open. It kind of depends on the admin skill, but it's an excellent product."
"It now controls all the security aspects of our web servers with Sophos UTM WAF."
"The initial setup was easy."
"The initial configuration is straightforward thanks to the web GUI. In 30 minutes, you can have a running firewall with UTM protection enabled."
"Stability-wise, I rate this solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate this solution a ten out of ten."
"If a computer does get infected the Sophos appliance lets us know via it's Advanced Threat Protection so we can get a much faster response time."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"They are all good, but most-used are Network Protection and Web Filtering."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Backup can be improved."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"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."
"They have a very good technical support team, but I think there are some communication issues due to language differences."
"Licensing is not cheap."
"Sophos UTM could improve the way the configuration has to be done. I have to do the configuration through the command line interface but if it could be done through the graphical user interface it would be much better."
"The solution needs to do better at covering mobile devices, although they may have an integrated solution for that purpose."
"We'd like to see them offer their services on mobile devices like tablets. I'm not sure if that's an option or not."
"During initial configuration, I encountered a few issues."
"The scalability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The solution could be improved by adding cloud soundboxing."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
"There is still room for improvement in wireless protection. I don't mean their WiFi device is bad, but there are still things to improve on, such as WiFi roaming."