We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Hillstone E-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The solution can scale well."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"The security is very good."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"Cisco products are very secure and integrate easily with other devices."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"The technical support is good."
"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."
"Very reliable solution with good scalability and straightforward implementation."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It only took a few hours to deploy."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"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."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"Its price could be better."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"In the security portfolio from Cisco, the issue is marketing. Cisco is still seen primarily as an enterprise network player rather than being acknowledged as a security vendor."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"We have a very bad experience on the support. They take too much time requesting logs, and they are not coming directly online to resolve the issues."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"The solution doesn't have a web proxy built into the system like Sophos. This is something they should work to change."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"Having frequent live webinars on a monthly basis would really help."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"Support from Hillstone E-Series has a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"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."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, 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 Cisco IOS Security vs. Hillstone E-Series report.
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