We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The VDOM (Virtual DOM) is a virtualized firewall that has some opportunities for flexibility that are an advantage in certain configurations."
"The information security features are the most valuable."
"The user experience is great. The graphical user interface is also good."
"It's simple to use in terms of inbound and outbound traffic management."
"I have found the most valuable features to be the policies, cache, and the SD-WAN."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"The most valuable feature of this solution would be the caching feature."
"All of the features in this solution are effective and efficient."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"I have found the solution has some great features overall, such as guest access capabilities, dashboards, and ease of use. There is plenty of documentation and support and it has the plugins that I needed."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"Fortinet FortiOS is stable. However, last month we had an issue with a released patch. We had to receive another update to fix the firewall issue consuming all of the resources. The patches should be tested more before going into circulation."
"I would like to see more statistics in the monitoring part."
"A switch should be introduced."
"I would like to see smaller and more frequent updates."
"The solution needs to adjust its pricing models. With the way they are structured, everything is very disparate and sold separately, and, depending on the solution, it can get quite pricey."
"The central management can improve in Fortinet FortiOS. It is sometimes difficult to manage all the devices."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is better troubleshooting and reporting."
"Right now, it's very trendy to integrate everything into the cloud. This solution would be more effective if they did more integration in that regard."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"The reporting part could be better."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"There should be more technical documentation."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". 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". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. OPNsense report.
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