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."Their reliability and their policy of pre-shipping replacements when a unit has failed."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"Their proxy-based inspection is responsive and secure."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"This solution has increased the level of security, given us more control, provided a deep insight into network traffic, and is a great VPN solution."
"For everyday tasks, we just get alerts. It's anything that's suspicious, including from our Netgate. So, it's part of how we maintain cybersecurity in our school. This is working alongside our endpoint security solution."
"I like pfSense's reports and how I can control access to the policies on the firewall."
"The scalability is very good, where you can do an HA configuration and then bring in another box, if necessary."
"The ability to perform packet captures on the command line and via the GUI is useful for diagnosing problems."
"The most valuable feature, for instance, is the ease of migrating configurations between different Netgate devices housed in the same box."
"Creation of certificates and the facility to administer services are valuable features."
"The main features of this solution are customization and ease to use."
"Remote access is excellent."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"With this product, we receive the best monitoring and reports."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"The technical support is good."
"Being an application-based firewall, this is one of the critical focus factors along with the threat prevention services it provides."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"To the best of my knowledge, Fortinet does not have a CASB solution and Fortinet does not have a Zero trust solution."
"The biggest "gotcha" is that if the client purchases what they call the UTM shared bundle, which has unified threat management on both, it's not as easy to manage if you have more than one firewall."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"The stability could be improved."
"Reporting and real-time monitoring, since I'm used to Watchguard's reporting features, it would be nice to have an embedded solution for reporting."
"The solution could improve by having centralized management and API support online."
"It needs to be more secure."
"There are some bias issues and some intrusions in our network that have to be addressed. So, we're thinking of changing this firewall to something like a professional hardware-enabled firewall."
"I would like to see SD1 integration into the software. That would be fantastic."
"They could improve their commercial stance and be more agile when it comes to the commercial pricing of enterprise deals."
"The user interface can be improved to make it easier to add more features. And pfSense could be better integrated with other solutions, like antivirus."
"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."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
"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."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"The solution can improve its traffic management."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire could improve by adding support for manual submission of suspicious files and URLs. Additionally, it would be an advantage to add rule-based analysis. Currently, it uses only static and AI. We need to be able to analyze archive files."
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 Cloudflare.
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