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 product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"An incomparable stability is achieved with other firewall systems."
"Sophos Intercept X is scalable. Currently, we have almost 30 people using it in our company."
"What I found most valuable is the cost of the platform, the flexibility of the platform, and the fact that the ongoing fees are not there as they are with the competitor. Some people may think you're taking a risk with using Opensource. I think it just provides the end user, specifically for us small, medium business providers of services, the flexibility we need at the right cost to provide them a higher end, almost enterprise type service."
"The solution is very easy to use and configure."
"It is much simpler than other solutions such as Fortinet."
"A valuable feature is that the solution is open source."
"Creation of certificates and the facility to administer services are valuable features."
"Centralized administration with multiple services, which allows for execution in several important functionalities of information security."
"The backup is the best feature."
"A good tool for file scanning and email threat detection, especially when it comes to attachments and communications."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"Scalable ATP solution that's quick to set up. It demonstrates good performance and stability."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"Some of the software stability could improve."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"I would prefer to have more detailed logs within the FortiGate products themselves rather than relying on a separate tool."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"I would like to see pfSense integrate WireGuard. Currently, pfSense uses OpenVPN, and there's nothing wrong with it, but WireGuard is a lot leaner and meaner."
"Ultimately, we'd like something stronger, and something that can handle threats better in real-time."
"The solution could improve by having centralized management and API support online."
"It needs better parsing of logs. At the moment, you have to use an external server for this if you want a deeper analysis."
"It could use a little bit of improvement in the reporting."
"I expect a better interface with more log analysis because I create my own interface."
"More documentation would be great, especially on new features because sometimes, when new features come out, you don't get to understand them right off the bat. You have to really spend a lot of time understanding them. So, more documentation would be awesome."
"The VPN feature of the solution could improve by adding better functionality and providing easier configure ability."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release of Palo Alto Networks WildFire, each release is based on malware that has been identified. The key problem is an average of six months from the time malware is written to the time it's discovered and a signature is created for it. The only advice that I can give is for them to shorten that timeframe. I don't know how they would do it, but if they shorten that, for example, cut it in half, they'll make themselves more famous."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"It's not really their problem, it's a problem across the board. There will always be problems with interrupted traffic. We have to set it up where we're playing a middle man game where we're stripping it out, looking at it, and then putting it back together and sending it on its way. That requires CPU cycles. And there's some overhead with that."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
"The cost of the solution is excessively high."
"The GUI is better in 8.0, but I still feel it lacks the fast response most of us desire. Logs are much quicker."
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, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
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