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."The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The security fabric is excellent."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"It is very flexible to use."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"It is a good firewall with good performance."
"A very stable product that lasts over time, easy to understand, and administer."
"The performance and functionality are good."
"The solution is fairly scalable when it comes to integrating with other applications and data sets."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"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 main features of this solution are customization and ease to use."
"I like pfSense's security features."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"Intuitive threat prevention and analysis solution, with a machine learning feature. Scalable, stable, and protects against zero-day threats."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"The backup is the best feature."
"What I like about Palo Alto is that it is a complete product, with everything in it."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"We have found that Palo Alto Networks WildFire is scalable. We currently have six thousand users for the product."
"The solution could be more user friendly."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"The user interface could be improved."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"The scalability could be better."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"The solution could always work at being more secure. It's a good idea to continue to work on security features and capabilities in order to ensure they can keep clients safe."
"They can improve the dynamic of the input of IPs from outside."
"Adjustment in the interfaces: I had to adjust those interfaces manually and of course that is a great feature that you can restore it but it is immediately also one point for improvement. If you don't have to adjust, if it's just stamped and it works, that's great."
"It could use a little bit of improvement in the reporting."
"Could be simplified for new users."
"The solution could improve by having centralized management and API support online."
"I would like to see different graphs available in the reporting."
"I have been using WireGuard VPN because it is a lot faster and more secure than an open VPN. However, in the latest version of pfSense, they have removed this feature, which is one of the main features that I need. They should include this feature."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
"The deployment model could be better."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
"I think it would be nice for Palo Alto to work without the connection to the cloud. It is 100% powerful when connected to the cloud. But, if you disconnect from the cloud, you only get 40-50% power."
"Many years back an update caused an issue with the firewall. However, Palo Alto not only informed us of said issue, they also sent an update that fixed the issue before I even had time to log in to determine if the issue affected our services."
"The threat intelligence that we receiving in the reporting was not as expected. We were expecting more. Additionally, we should be able to whitelist a specific file based on a variety of attributes."
Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) 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, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
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