We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Hillstone T-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"I like Fortinet's cloud management. It allows me to manage all my devices in different branches for three cloud accounts. Even though I use on-prem devices, I can manage everything on the cloud."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The query feature is going to be a game-changer for us as we move forward."
"The tool's most valuable features are inspecting internet traffic and IPS. We can manage the firewall using shared policies from a single management server."
"This software is great in overall performance since it can locate any trouble across the networking system and provide solutions before it affects workflows."
"SSL/TLS traffic inspection features are used for advanced threat prevention against secure SSL traffic."
"One of the main characteristics that Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has given us is granularity and visibility."
"The versatility is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The comprehensiveness of the CloudGuard’s threat prevention security is great, especially once they integrate Dome9 in the whole thing. That really ties the whole thing together, so you can tie your entire cloud environment together into one central location, which is nice. Previously, we had three or four different tools that we were trying to leverage to do the same stuff that we are able to do with CloudGuard."
"Moving into the cloud without having to change a lot of our internal processes and retrain staff is one of the biggest benefits of this solution."
"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."
"We installed Hillstone T-Series after a ransomware attack. The dashboard and user interface are very good."
"Technical support needs to be improved."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"Check Point Virtual Systems is a complete solution, but pricing can be better."
"From the policy optimization point of view, they can do better. This is not just for CloudGuard. CloudGuard is one little piece managed by Check Point. They can also integrate a third-party policy management solution to improve that. For example, Tufin is focused on policy optimization and management."
"The solution is not that flexible when deploying on-prem."
"The threat scanning system should categorize the level of threats to enhance reliable data interpretation."
"It's meeting our needs at this time. If I could make it better, it would be by making it more standalone. That would be beneficial to us. I say that because our current platform for virtualization is VMware. The issue isn't any fault of Check Point, it's more how the virtualization platform partners allow for that partnership and integration. There has to be close ties and partnerships between the vendors to ensure interoperability and sup-portability. There is only so far that Check Point, or any security vendor technology can go without the partnership and enablement of the virtualization platform vendor as it relies on "Service Insertion" to maintain optimal performance."
"The product needs to offer multi-tenancy."
"There are some usability issues we'd like to see improved."
"New features have been introduced recently, but they have not yet been integrated into CloudGuard Vsec."
"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."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 117 reviews while Hillstone T-Series is ranked 36th in Firewalls with 3 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Hillstone T-Series is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone T-Series writes "Is stable and has a user-friendly dashboard and a good interface". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Hillstone T-Series is most compared with Sangfor NGAF, Hillstone E-Series and WatchGuard Firebox.
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