We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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 feature is the web filter."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution is scalable."
"I like the ease of deployment and its flexibility. We don't need to deal with license, quotes, procurement, delivery, and installation. Everything is software-based, and it's very easy to operate."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"We would like to have the ability to disable some of the security functionalities."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. It should have some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities and some degree of customization. The basic reporting that it currently has is not sufficient to create more usable reports. It needs some sort of out-of-the-box reporting. They try to make customers purchase FortiAnalyzer for this kind of reporting, which is an additional cost. Other firewall vendors, such as SonicWall and Sophos, provide this sort of reporting without any additional cost."
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"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 interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"It would be better if they improved their policy, package visibility, and flexibility while we're creating rules for inspection. It could also be cheaper or more things could be included in the basic package. In the next release, I would like better coverage in the Asia Pacific region and better quality of service."
"When it comes to customer support, there is room for improvement in Zscaler's service."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
"Its technical support services could be better."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
"There are some areas it could improve when it comes to blocking, we have to block some things manually. For example, if we block a top-level domain we have seen that the new IPs come through, the IPs are not blocked. There should be some more granular way of doing it. My only request is if you're blocking something at a top level, the sub-level sub-domains and all those other IPs should be blocked too automatically."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 15 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Cisco Multicloud Defense. See our OPNsense vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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