We performed a comparison between Netgate pfSense and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"It can expand easily."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"It works. I put pfSense in, and it works. I can't think of any trouble I ever had with it. It runs on heat-sensitive appliances. They don't need a fan, so they don't overheat. It is affordable, fast, and very high-speed. It is built on BSD Unix, and it pretty much runs on any Intel processor."
"Its scalability is a strong point."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Super easy to manage. Anyone who has been working with firewalls can handle it."
"For everyday tasks, we just get alerts. It's anything that's suspicious, including from our Netgate. So, it's part of how we maintain cybersecurity in our school. This is working alongside our endpoint security solution."
"We've found the stability to be very good overall."
"It is very easy to use. The interface is quite understandable. There is a good community, and I can take over at any time I want. If there is anything wrong with it, I could just reinstall the whole thing and start all over again, and I'll be up again in less than a few minutes"
"Routing, load balancing, Traffic Limiter and queues. Since this company relies on an Internet connection, having these features is a must."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"The cloud-based services are a nice feature."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks WildFire are the good URL and file analysis that uses artificial intelligence. It has different interfaces, such as rest, SMTP protocol, and HTTPS. The Security incidents and event management are very good. Additionally, there are many file types that are supported and there is no limit to the number of files it can handle simultaneously. It integrates well with SIEM solutions."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"Remote access is excellent."
"MTBF: Hardware failure is more common when compared to SonicWall or Cisco ASA."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"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 router monitoring needs improvement when compared with Sonicwall."
"I would like to see SD1 integration into the software. That would be fantastic."
"The solution could be more user-friendly, and the graphical interface needs some work so that someone without an IT background can use the application. I would like the ability to manage the on-premise appliance from the cloud. When I'm not in the office, it would be great to connect to the pfSense server and administer the network remotely."
"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."
"It could use a little bit of improvement in the reporting."
"In an upcoming release, the reporting could be more user-friendly. For example, the reporting in graphs and charts for the host can be cumbersome."
"The GUI. There are TONS of plugins for pfSense, as such, if a user wants to add quite a bit of functionality, the GUI will feel a little congested."
"Needs services on additional features, such as managing inventory and generating reports."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way to install and deploy it, such as through the inclusion of wizards."
"There are some formats that the solution cannot support ."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
"The GUI is better in 8.0, but I still feel it lacks the fast response most of us desire. Logs are much quicker."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"The global product feature needs improvement, the VPN, and we need some enhanced features."
Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". 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". Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Arbor DDoS.
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