We performed a comparison between Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Darktrace, Vectra AI, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)."Setup is straightforward with the same reliability and scalability as the firewall series."
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"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly, has interesting features, URL filtering, and threat prevention."
"You can scale the product."
"The most valuable features are the simplicity, transparency, and overall ease of management."
"Edge protection is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Threat Prevention for our company is the next generation firewall."
"I like the solution's interface."
"I find the malware protection very handy."
"For those who want a next-gen firewall that's easy to configure and easy to operate, I think you should go for Palo Alto."
"Lack of tools to help educate end users"
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"Palo Alto's maintenance needs to be improved."
"The documentation needs to be improved. I need better information about how to configure it and what the best practices are."
"Right now we are focusing on email. If Palo Alto can increase the features related to email filtering and the new malware, it would help us protect our systems."
"The application’s pricing and dashboard need improvement. It could be user-friendly."
"The cost involves the price of the hardware, which is expensive. However, most of the Palo Alto solutions are expensive."
"Generally, to deploy it will take some downtime, about a day."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the only thing I don't like is the support."
"Sometimes when you want to group a set of ports, and communicate with Palo Alto, you cannot group TCP and UDP ports together. This needs to be adjusted."
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Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is ranked 28th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is ranked 6th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 24 reviews. Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is rated 9.0, while Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System writes "Complements any firewall". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention writes "A good amount of granularity and advanced URL filtering capabilities". Hillstone S-Series Network Intrusion Prevention System is most compared with Darktrace and Arista NDR, whereas Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention is most compared with Check Point IPS, Fortinet FortiGate IPS, Arista NDR, Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall and Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System.
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