We performed a comparison between Meraki MX 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."The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"It enables our organization to become more productive. Also, it protects our NEtWare from viruses and malware."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The most valuable features are the possibility of having one fabric for switching on security."
"We work also with domain control (DC) from Microsoft or Amazon. We use a whole virtual appliance with Meraki."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"It is a robust SD-WAN solution."
"The most valuable feature is that we didn't have any problems with Meraki MX."
"Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS): The best feature. It can detect malware, even a virus, and warn you by email about the device that has it. When the Meraki detects that something is wrong, it automatically blocks the connection or the intrusion, delivering a graphic report with all the necessary content."
"It has very good features; it's easy to use, configure, set up, and deploy."
"It is very easy to configure."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"What I like best about OPNsense is that, as a firewall, it's pretty good. I'm quite impressed with it. I had an excellent experience with OPNsense, which helped me achieve the targets I wanted."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"Fortinet FortiGate should improve the VPN tokens."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"The whole Cisco Meraki range requires easier access for cameras. For a security center, it would be helpful to have easier access to cameras through the portal. Its licensing cost could also be better."
"The configuration options for firewall and IPS have limitations."
"It would be great if the Meraki devices let us see, in real time, the internet demand on a single device."
"Meraki MX can come across as an expensive solution."
"We do not have account managers in our region for the solution. Some governments don't use the product since it is attached to the internet."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
"You can only have one tunnel in the whole infrastructure — one tunnel with one device."
"Load balancing options and ability to manage a couple of Internet connections."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"The only thing that I would like to see improved is the Insight or the NetFlow analysis part. It would be good to have the possibility to dig down on the Insight platform. Right now, we can easily do only a few analyses. If this page becomes more powerful, it surely will be a well-adopted platform."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"The solution could be more secure."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 58 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Meraki MX is rated 8.2, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". 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". Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Azure Firewall, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Meraki MX vs. OPNsense report.
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