We performed a comparison between Hillstone T-Series and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"We installed Hillstone T-Series after a ransomware attack. The dashboard and user interface are very good."
"The only firewall able to monitor traffic from a CCTV network. Can detect unauthorized devices plugged into the network, which standard firewalls can't do."
"It has been stable so far."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"The most effective feature of WildFire for threat analysis is its collaboration with other security profiles on our Palo Alto firewall."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"With this product, we receive the best monitoring and reports."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we never faced any issues."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"Another loophole with Hillstone T-Series is that when we connect through WiFi and turn our hot spot on, all who connect through the hotspot get all the functions, and the security does not work."
"Licensing is not cheap."
"They have a very good technical support team, but I think there are some communication issues due to language differences."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way to install and deploy it, such as through the inclusion of wizards."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"The system performance degrades after the solution has been deployed for some time. The data that it gives us becomes a little bit slow. When you try to get some data for troubleshooting, it seems like it's working hard to extract that data."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
Hillstone T-Series is ranked 36th in Firewalls with 3 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Hillstone T-Series is rated 7.4, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Hillstone T-Series writes "Is stable and has a user-friendly dashboard and a good interface". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Hillstone T-Series is most compared with Sangfor NGAF, Hillstone E-Series and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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