We performed a comparison between Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Fortinet FortiGate appears to be scalable."
"The performance is good."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"I'm pretty happy with its reliability. It is also very scalable."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"Phish Blocker is a valuable feature."
"Sophos Intercept X is scalable. Currently, we have almost 30 people using it in our company."
"I especially like the VPN part. It works like a charm."
"The intrusion detection feature is the most valuable. It is an open-source firewall, so there is a lot of material on it. I also find the open VPN capability very nice. It is pretty customizable. The clustering and the high availability are the two biggest things to be able to get out of a firewall."
"The gain in performance and security from configuring the VPN connections was significant."
"The built-in open VPN and the VPN Client Export are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"The interface is straightforward and easy to use."
"I like pfSense's reports and how I can control access to the policies on the firewall."
"The most valuable features of pfSense are the reports, monitoring, filtration, and blocking incoming and outgoing traffic."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"Lacks training for new features."
"The solution could be more evenly structured."
"The scalability could be better."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate can be integrated with different platforms. They have integrations in place, but I can't say they're 100%."
"The documentation is not clear."
"The router monitoring needs improvement when compared with Sonicwall."
"Their support could be better in terms of the response time."
"Also, simplifying the rules for the GeoIP. Making it simpler to understand would be an improvement."
"I would like to see SD1 integration into the software. That would be fantastic."
"The integration of pfSense with EPS and EDS could be better. Also, it should be easier to get reports on how many users are connecting simultaneously and how sections connect in real-time."
"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."
"Perhaps the documentation is not clear and because it is supported in the community there is no basic documentation."
"The configuration of the solution is a bit difficult."
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Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is ranked 37th in Firewalls with 1 review while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is rated 7.0, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall writes "The solution is stable and affordable, but the documentation is not clear, and it takes a lot of research to implement it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall 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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