We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Hillstone CloudEdge based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"The stability of the solution is excellent, as it is with other Fortinet products."
"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 stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The reporting is good."
"The tool improved the security in our company's virtualized environment, as it was helpful in creating an additional layer of security for the organization and for the use of the internet."
"Initial setup is very straightforward with a wizard, if needed."
"The product is quite user-friendly so we didn't have a lot of issues that needed to be addressed."
"In terms of specific features, I like FortiGate's load balancing, interface, and priority on the network."
"Its interface is good. It comes with a lot of features, and its performance is also very good."
"Primarily, the VPN solution is most valuable. It allows you to have more flexibility in terms of what is there on the end-user device, and what is not there. You can check and make sure that they're current. It has more flexibility than just a straight VPN solution. It works really well. It has the features that 99% of people need."
"The user interface is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"his is not a good solution for enterprises. It's better for smaller companies."
"FortiGate should be more customer friendly and budgeted better."
"We have lost some information and we do not know how that happened through the solution. So that needs improvement."
"The tool is expensive."
"It is difficult to size the VM in terms of machine resources, and for this reason, clients prefer the appliance."
"The price is problematic."
"The management tools should be more user-friendly."
"Technical support could be better."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
Fortinet FortiGate-VM is ranked 9th in Firewalls with 113 reviews while Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review. Fortinet FortiGate-VM is rated 8.4, while Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate-VM writes "An easy-to-manage and configure tool that provides ample documentation to help with the setup phase". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". Fortinet FortiGate-VM is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, Fortinet FortiOS, OPNsense and Netgate pfSense, whereas Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with .
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