We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate, Hillstone E-Series, and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"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 security features are about the best that I've seen anywhere."
"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."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"Five out of five ROI."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"Working with the Hillstone E-Series has, from a remote perspective, allowed me to give my clients a secure connectivity."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is that you can control your traffic flowing out and coming it, allowing you to apply malware and threat protection, as well as vulnerability checks."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series has everything centralized. You have the VPN solution, firewall, routing, UDR, flexibility, updates, and full visibility of your traffic."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"AWS has improved our agility to apply firewall rules. It has reduced the amount of time that it takes to apply firewall rules because everything is based in the cloud."
"In Palo Alto the most important feature is the App-ID."
"The technical support for the solution is very good."
"The most effective features of the solution for threat prevention are Layer 7 inspection, SSL decryption, IPS, and the web filtering profile."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"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."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"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."
"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."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"The command-line interface is something that some people struggle with and I think that they should have an option to go straight to the GUI."
"I would like a way to do everything programmatically, or be able to copy the configs from different prices at different levels."
"There could be dynamic DNS features similar to Fortinet in the product."
"Palo Alto should update their documentation to make it more readable and provide easier-to-follow instructions through videos."
"There should be an option for direct integration with the Azure platform."
"All areas need improvement: manufacturing, education, financial, etc."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"The only minor issue we've faced is with the app's ID configuration, which requires specific matching for application filtering."