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 like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"Security, SD-WAN, and Streetscape are valuable features."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"The solution is scalable."
"Open source and support are valuable. I have community support."
"The most valuable feature, for instance, is the ease of migrating configurations between different Netgate devices housed in the same box."
"Its reliability and cost-effectiveness stand out."
"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."
"The GUI is easy to understand."
"The documentation is very good."
"Routing, load balancing, Traffic Limiter and queues. Since this company relies on an Internet connection, having these features is a must."
"The concurrent users are perfect for us."
"Stability is never a concern."
"Remote access is excellent."
"The way that the solution quickly updates to adjust to threats is the solution's most valuable aspect. When there's a security attack, within five minutes, all Wildfire subscribers have access to updates so that all systems will be safe. Its threat prevention is way better than other vendor products."
"They have many different options with Palo Alto WildFire and the set-up is quick. If you have all the details in hand, it does not take more than 15 minutes to deploy a firewall."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"The reporting feature helps our performance."
"It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN."
"The analysis is very fast."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"There are some cloud-based features that could be much more flexible than they currently are."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"Could be simplified for new users."
"The solution could use better reporting. They need to offer more of it in general. Right now, the graphics aren't the best. If you need to provide a report to a manager, for example, it doesn't look great. They need to make it easier to understand and give users the ability to customize them."
"If you want to take advantage of all of the solution's options, you need to have a bit of a technical background. It's not for a layperson."
"The solution’s interface must be improved."
"I would like to see different graphs available in the reporting."
"One concern I have with Netgate pfSense is related to packet filtering. Specifically, issues can arise with certain functionalities like GP, and, at times, there may be bugs."
"Ultimately, we'd like something stronger, and something that can handle threats better in real-time."
"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."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"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."
"In the future, I would like to see more automation in the reporting."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The solution can improve its traffic management."
"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 global product feature needs improvement, the VPN, and we need some enhanced features."
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 Arbor DDoS.
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