We performed a comparison between Hillstone CloudEdge and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"It is a safe product."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The performance is good."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the analytics."
"FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"Stability has been excellent. We have experienced no issues; it never fails."
"The plugins or add-ons are most valuable. Sometimes, they are free of charge, and sometimes, you have to pay for them, but you can purchase or download very valuable plugins or add-ons to perform internal testing of your network and simulate a denial-of-service attack or whichever attack you want to simulate. You can also remote and monitor your network and see where the gap is. Did you forget a printer port? Most attacks at the moment are happening through printers, and they can tell you immediately that you forgot to close the port of the printer. There are more than one million printers that are in danger, and everybody knows that hackers are using them to enter the network. So, you can download plugins to protect your network."
"Firewall system for small, medium, and large data networks. It allows you to provide security to your environment: DMZ networks, LAN, WAN, etc."
"This solution has increased the level of security, given us more control, provided a deep insight into network traffic, and is a great VPN solution."
"Centralized administration with multiple services, which allows for execution in several important functionalities of information security."
"It's a good solution for end-users. It's pretty easy to work with."
"We generally use it because it's cheap. When we need something more robust we use Barracuda and Sony Wireless Routers. For certain clients, we use pfSense because it's compatible with the VoIP platform."
"A very stable product that lasts over time, easy to understand, and administer."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"I think the only issue that needs improvement is the interface."
"I would like to see improvements with the antivirus and IPS as they are not working properly all the time."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"Perhaps the documentation is not clear and because it is supported in the community there is no basic documentation."
"The user interface can be improved to make it easier to add more features. And pfSense could be better integrated with other solutions, like antivirus."
"The access control aspect of the product could be improved."
"Their support could be better in terms of the response time."
"This product needs improvements with respect to reporting and auditing."
"A malware blocker should be included. I do not know if it is included yet. However, until now, we have not experienced a large malware invasion."
"Adjustment in the interfaces: I had to adjust those interfaces manually and of course that is a great feature that you can restore it but it is immediately also one point for improvement. If you don't have to adjust, if it's just stamped and it works, that's great."
"The integration of pfSense with EPS and EDS could be better. Also, it should be easier to get reports on how many users are connecting simultaneously and how sections connect in real-time."
Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with , whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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