We performed a comparison between Hillstone E-Series and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."FortiGate is flexible and easy to use."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"I am impressed with the application filtering feature."
"The installation is easy, we have not had any complaints from our customers."
"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 features of the Hillstone E-Series are its hardware capacity, innovation, and the throughput that the hardware can take."
"The most valuable feature of the Hillstone E-Series is its user-friendliness."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Five out of five ROI."
"The solution can scale well."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The tool needs to improve its price."
"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."
"The current usage reporting is very basic."
"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."
"I am not sure if this solution offers active directory integration. Adding that feature will definitely be an advantage."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
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Hillstone E-Series is ranked 33rd in Firewalls with 9 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). Hillstone E-Series is rated 9.0, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Hillstone E-Series writes "A user-friendly and marketable solution with a virtual switching capability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". Hillstone E-Series is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OpenVPN Access Server, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and A10 Networks Thunder CFW, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox and SonicWall TZ.
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