Overall, users find CloudGuard Network Security to excel in robust firewall capabilities, user-friendly interface, advanced threat prevention, pricing transparency, and satisfactory ROI. On the other hand, Hillstone E-Series is praised for its quick installation, exceptional performance, robust security features, affordability, positive ROI, and excellent customer support. However, users noted that CloudGuard has better integration, setup process, and user interface, while Hillstone users find the interface navigation challenging with limited customization options and delayed updates.
The summary above is based on 74 interviews we conducted recently with CloudGuard Network Security and Hillstone E-Series users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The most valuable features are the policies, filtering, and configuration."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"It is very flexible to use."
"The license management is very valuable. You can get a new license each year, or you can enroll every two to four years. You can get the logs, and you will get the information on the risk in your network and the entire organization. With this information, you can take action on your actives, computers, or devices. You can bring your own device as an SSE."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The solution could improve to have a DLP feature."
"The product gives analytic reports."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The most valuable feature of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is the increased mail protection including spam."
"The SSL spectrum proved to be the most valuable for our incoming connections."
"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."
"A unique architecture makes this product stand out from other solutions."
"The solution has been quite stable."
"The most valuable features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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 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."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"Five out of five ROI."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"The documentation has been rough. Being able to do it yourself can be hit or miss given the constraints of the documentation."
"Micro-Segmentation functionality for EAST-WEST traffic is not native and requires integration with a third-party OEM."
"If you compare the GUI with the Palo Alto and Forcepoint in the Cisco, they're very easy. Check Point, due to its design, is a little bit complex. They should make the GUI easy to use so that anyone can understand it easily, like Fortinet's GUI. Many companies end up using Fortinet because the GUI is very easy, and there's no need for training. They just deploy the box and do the configuration."
"The management console can be simplified because at the moment, it is a bit of a challenge to use."
"The threat scanning system should categorize the level of threats to enhance reliable data interpretation."
"I would like to see more focus on east-west traffic inspection and AWS."
"Some more built-in marketplace templates would be nice. It would be nice to see more vendor assistance in deployments and backup of recoveries versus having customers rely upon that themselves. That would make it a lot more seamless and aligned with the standard on-premise model that is there. Check Point can extend the same posture that they have to CloudGuard and make that transition very seamless."
"The product can still grow."
"SSL VPN license cost is not cheap."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"The tool provides just a general report. It does not provide a granular report. Hence, the tool should work on its reporting feature."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"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."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 117 reviews while Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0. 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 E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". 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 E-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, OpenVPN Access Server, Netgate pfSense and Meraki MX. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Hillstone E-Series report.
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