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 next-generation firewall is great."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The VPN is my favorite feature."
"It is very easy to use. The interface is quite understandable. There is a good community, and I can take over at any time I want. If there is anything wrong with it, I could just reinstall the whole thing and start all over again, and I'll be up again in less than a few minutes"
"The "OpenVPN Client Export" package is really helpful in exporting the VPN client software on most popular devices: iOS/Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and a handful of SIP handsets."
"The GUI is easy to understand."
"It's a good solution for end-users. It's pretty easy to work with."
"The ability to create a VPN allows me to monitor branch offices from a central location."
"I like the connectivity to the open VPN. It's very smooth."
"The ability to perform packet captures on the command line and via the GUI is useful for diagnosing problems."
"The cloud-based services are a nice feature."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"The most effective feature of WildFire for threat analysis is its collaboration with other security profiles on our Palo Alto firewall."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"I haven't had a single issue since using Fortinet."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution. However, my issue is the performance only. When I use all the profiles, this affects the performance. From the beginning, I should have had a better sizing of the box."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"The VPN feature of the solution could improve by adding better functionality and providing easier configure ability."
"There's a bit of a learning curve during the initial implementation."
"In an upcoming release, the reporting could be more user-friendly. For example, the reporting in graphs and charts for the host can be cumbersome."
"It's just not listed as FIPS compliant for where we're at now in government, which is an issue."
"They can improve the dynamic of the input of IPs from outside."
"ClamAV AntiVirus can cause some crashes. That service should be improved."
"Ultimately, we'd like something stronger, and something that can handle threats better in real-time."
"Many people have problems setting up the web cache for the web system."
"The size of Palo Alto's cloud is big but it could be easier to use from a product management perspective."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
"High availability features are lacking."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire should be more real-time in nature. The signature updates should happen in a minute or less than a minute to be a very good feature for the customer."
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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