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 pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"The firewall sensor is highly effective, and it's easy to deploy. You can deploy pfSense with limited hardware resources. It's not necessary to have an appliance with much RAM to make it work. It's cost-effective and performs well."
"I have found pfSense to be stable."
"I have found the most valuable features to be antivirus and malware protection."
"Technical support is perfect, excellent."
"Open source and support are valuable. I have community support."
"The most valuable features are the VPN and the capture photo."
"The concurrent users are perfect for us."
"Some of the terminologies were more familiar to me than it was when I first encountered Cisco."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"I would like to have logs, monitoring, and reporting for a month without extra fees."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
"The solution requires a lot of administration."
"We have not had any problems with it, and we also do not have a need for any new features. If anything, its reporting can be better. Sophos has better reporting than pfSense. Sophos has more detailed information. pfSense is not as detailed. It is summarized."
"I tried pfSense, and it has a big issue with file system consistency, and this is what drove me to OPNsense. The file system stability is quite a big issue for us. We have a lot of outages related to power issues, and OPNsense is much more stable on this side."
"If a user doesn't have a large amount of experience in Linux systems, they will have problems using this solution. Users need to be highly skilled in troubleshooting competency. Users who do not have such skills will find the product difficult to use."
"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."
"It needs better parsing of logs. At the moment, you have to use an external server for this if you want a deeper analysis."
"My only observation is about the quality of the IPSec logs, which are difficult to interpret and are poor in filters."
"The solution could always work at being more secure. It's a good idea to continue to work on security features and capabilities in order to ensure they can keep clients safe."
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, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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