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 strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"Its reliability and cost-effectiveness stand out."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"We generally use it because it's cheap. When we need something more robust we use Barracuda and Sony Wireless Routers. For certain clients, we use pfSense because it's compatible with the VoIP platform."
"The most valuable features of pfSense are security, user-friendliness, and helpful online management."
"My company mainly works in the health and educational domain, schools and universities. I prevent the improper use of content from schools and universities. I defend the medical records for the patients in our hospitals. That is the main use case for me for the firewall."
"Some of the terminologies were more familiar to me than it was when I first encountered Cisco."
"What I like about pfSense is that it works well and runs on an inexpensive appliance."
"An incomparable stability is achieved with other firewall systems."
"A good tool for file scanning and email threat detection, especially when it comes to attachments and communications."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"It is the best device in comparison to other network products in the marketplace."
"What I like about Palo Alto is that it is a complete product, with everything in it."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"It gives a more accurate assessment of a virus in terms of whether it's truly a virus, malware, or a false positive. We have some legacy software that could pop up as being something that is malware. WildFire goes through and inspects it, and then it comes back and lets us know if it's a false positive. Usually, when it finds out that it's not a virus, it lets us know that it's benign, and it can exclude it from that scan, which means I don't even have to worry about that one popping up anymore."
"Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones has improved my organization."
"Its price could be better."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"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."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"The usage reports can be better."
"The configuration of the solution is a bit difficult."
"The integration should be improved."
"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."
"The solution requires a lot of administration."
"The stability could be improved."
"One concern I have with Netgate pfSense is related to packet filtering. Specifically, issues can arise with certain functionalities like GP, and, at times, there may be bugs."
"We would like to see ready-made profiles to cover most users' needs."
"The size of Palo Alto's cloud is big but it could be easier to use from a product management perspective."
"The deployment model could be better."
"The configuration should be made a little bit easier. I understand why it is as it is, but there should be a way to make it easier from the user side."
"There are some formats that the solution cannot support ."
"There are more specialized solutions that compete with Wildfire. Therefore, they need to work on their machine learning and AI to be more competitive."
"The initial setup was complex."
"I don't think it needs to improve anything, except maybe the speed to deploy the changes."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
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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