We performed a comparison between Check Point Remote Access VPN and Hillstone E-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Infrastructure VPN solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's an ideal gateway solution for small and medium businesses, i.e., around 300 devices can be easily handled."
"The solution has good performance."
"For us, it was essential to integrate with Active Directory, which is our credentials repository."
"It is stable most of the time."
"Once we install and connect the VPN service, it keeps on running until we disconnect."
"Organizations that already use the Check Point NGFW Solution do not require any additional hardware, which makes the implementation straightforward and reduces the time to go live."
"I found the MEP feature the most valuable. This has improved users' latency allowing the users to connect to the nearest Azure Check Point VM."
"I like the fact that Remote Access allows the administrator to control and manage things. It makes things smoother, and it has been an excellent experience."
"The security of the solution is a good feature, the stability is a valuable feature, and the customization is also a nice feature."
"Our users find the interface very comfortable to use."
"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."
"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 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."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"There must be a more easy-to-use GUI."
"The fully-featured security module is only supported on Windows and Mac systems, which means that organizations with Linux will face issues providing secure access."
"The interface itself needs improvement. When you need to create something, you have to go through a lot of steps. It needs to be simplified."
"The client-side UI is fundamental, and there is nothing to see."
"The VPN remote Access blade could be improved."
"Sometimes we have some small problems with Check Point Remote Access VPN. For example, problems with authentication."
"There were some issues with automation and instability."
"There needs to be a way to create a VPN client specific to our environment so that we can easily lock down who can connect."
"The ability to allow split-tunneling while still following our corporate policy needs to be on the table."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"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."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
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Check Point Remote Access VPN is ranked 6th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 57 reviews while Hillstone E-Series is ranked 19th in Enterprise Infrastructure VPN with 9 reviews. Check Point Remote Access VPN is rated 8.8, while Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Check Point Remote Access VPN writes "Is easy to use and has a nice interface, but the scalability needs to improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". Check Point Remote Access VPN is most compared with OpenVPN Access Server, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, Check Point Harmony Mobile, Fortinet FortiClient and Zscaler Private Access, whereas Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OpenVPN Access Server, Sophos XG and Netgate pfSense. See our Check Point Remote Access VPN vs. Hillstone E-Series report.
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