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."FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The most valuable features of the solution are SD-WAN, filtering testing applications, web filtering, and the new VPN."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"It is a stable solution. It is also easy to install and can be deployed and maintained by one team member."
"I like the connectivity to the open VPN. It's very smooth."
"It is easy to use and has integrity with other systems, such as proxies and quality of service."
"At our peak time, we have reached more than 5,000 concurrent connections."
"Easy to deploy and easy to use."
"One of the advantages of pfSense is that it is very easy to work with. It is a very good open-source solution, and it works really well. pfSense provides a complete package. For some features, it could be the first solution in the world. It is a very good alternative in the market for a firewall solution. You don't need to go to Cisco or other brands with expensive firewalls. pfSense also allows us to offer some support services."
"The interface is straightforward and easy to use."
"The VPN is my favorite feature."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks WildFire is its ability to adapt to environments and its robustness."
"The graphic user interface of Palo Alto is good and it's easy to configure."
"It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"The most valuable features of this solution are sandbox capabilities."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"The pricing could always be better."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a firewall solution and once it's deployed, you can rest assured that your system is secure."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"The product must provide integration with other solutions."
"There could be a way to remote to it through a mobile app. You can always browse through your browser on your mobile phone or tablet, but it would be good to have a dedicated app. I understand that iOS and Android developers are expensive, but there should be a mobile app."
"Layer 7 advanced firewall features are not included in the solution."
"As an open-source solution, there are so many loopholes happening within the product. By design, no one is taking ownership of it, and that is worrisome to me."
"pfSense is not user-friendly. I hope to have something to make the interfaces more user-friendly."
"This product needs improvements with respect to reporting and auditing."
"If a user doesn't have a large amount of experience in Linux systems, they will have problems using this solution. Users need to be highly skilled in troubleshooting competency. Users who do not have such skills will find the product difficult to use."
"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."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"Other vendors have some sort of bandwidth management built into the firewall itself and Palo Alto is missing that."
"The system performance degrades after the solution has been deployed for some time. The data that it gives us becomes a little bit slow. When you try to get some data for troubleshooting, it seems like it's working hard to extract that data."
Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) 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, Sophos UTM, Cisco Secure Firewall and KerioControl, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Fortinet FortiSandbox and WatchGuard Firebox.
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