We performed a comparison between Azure Firewall and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The technical support is great."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"From the firewall perspective, the rules and policies are very sufficient and easy to use."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"It is easy for me to protect certain ports or even the IP addresses, as well as do whitelisting, blacklisting, and the FQDN when we want virtual machines connected and to protect certain websites."
"I can easily configure it."
"The solution can autoscale."
"We use the solution for application and server deployment."
"The SIEM that Azure Firewall provides us is very robust."
"The solution has many useful features. For example, the solution allows users to create virtual IP addresses."
"One of the best features is that it natively integrates with Azure Services and tools. When you have a third-party offering, that is not the case. But Azure Firewall provides a comprehensive and seamless security solution for your Azure resources."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"It's open source."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Its price could be better."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"It is a cloud service, but the lending speed for each region is not always the same. For example, in China, the speed is slow. They need to think about how to make sure that the service pace or speed is always the same in all regions. It would be a great improvement if they can provide the same pace worldwide."
"For large organizations, a third-party firewall would be an added advantage, because it would have more advanced features, things that are not in Azure Firewall."
"The tool needs to improve the onboarding and transition process for on-prem users."
"The solution should incorporate features similar to competitors like split tunneling."
"There should be better monitoring and logging. Currently, it is put in Sentinel. It should be more seamless and from the interface."
"The threat intelligence part could be better. I don't see why our customers have to get an additional solution with Azure Firewall. It would be great if they made it on par with Palo Alto."
"The solution lacks artificial intelligence and machine learning. It might be in the roadmap. However, currently, it's not available."
"It would be nice to be able to create groupings for servers and offer groups of IP addresses."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"The reporting part could be better."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
Azure Firewall is ranked 21st in Firewalls with 33 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Azure Firewall is rated 7.2, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Azure Firewall writes "Easy to use and configure but could be more robust". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Azure Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Palo Alto Networks VM-Series and Sophos XG, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Azure Firewall vs. OPNsense report.
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