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."I have found Fortinet FortiGate to be scalable."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"We've found the stability to be very good overall."
"The solution is very easy to use and has a very nice GUI."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"It is much simpler than other solutions such as Fortinet."
"I especially like the VPN part. It works like a charm."
"Sophos Intercept X is scalable. Currently, we have almost 30 people using it in our company."
"It is a very good solution for enterprises that need a VPN for their employees. It is the best way to provide a remote work facility to employees at a very low cost. Other solutions that I have had in the past were very expensive. Enterprises don't always have that kind of money to invest."
"The gain in performance and security from configuring the VPN connections was significant."
"Intuitive threat prevention and analysis solution, with a machine learning feature. Scalable, stable, and protects against zero-day threats."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"The most valuable features are all of the security features in terms of protection and SSL and VPN."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"The analysis is very fast."
"The scalability is acceptable."
"Scalable ATP solution that's quick to set up. It demonstrates good performance and stability."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"The ease of use could be improved."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"The stability could be improved."
"Ultimately, we'd like something stronger, and something that can handle threats better in real-time."
"When I checked other packages, it seems they use different tools that are installed on the PSS for functionality. They rely on third-party tools, unlike Fortinet, for example, which has its own tools. In comparison, we also use third-party tools on pfSense. For example, we had a situation where we needed a tool to identify authorized users, and when I searched for a solution, I found a third-party tool. However, using such tools may come with additional costs."
"The router monitoring needs improvement when compared with Sonicwall."
"The access control aspect of the product could be improved."
"We are at the moment looking to use it as a proxy service so that we can limit what websites people go and view and that sort of thing. That's an area I've struggled with a little bit at the moment and it could be a bit easier to set up."
"Lacks instructional videos."
"Could be simplified for new users."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex, mainly due to the GUI console and management challenges."
"The solution can improve its traffic management."
"The VPN and decryption need improvement."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
"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."
"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."
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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