We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"Fortinet FortiGate's reliability is valuable."
"I like several features that this product has, such as antivirus and internet navigation inspection. It is also simple to use."
"The feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a scalable solution."
"I only deal with it from a security analyst's point of view. I don't really get into the features of the actual FortiGate. From the security point of view, it works, and it does its job."
"The technical support is very good."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"It's open source."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"The most valuable features are web control and IPS/IDS."
"The most effective features for threat prevention are application-based prevention and WildFire. These features cover various threats, such as ransomware, malware, etc. They provide real-time visibility. By applying appropriate policies, threats can be blocked."
"The most effective features of the solution for threat prevention are Layer 7 inspection, SSL decryption, IPS, and the web filtering profile."
"The technical support for the solution is very good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"The solution strengthens our IT posture."
"We use the product on our Azure network firewalls."
"You already can scale it if you put it in Auto Scaling groups. If you put it in a load balancer, it should already be able to scale."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
"The only thing that I would like to see improved is the Insight or the NetFlow analysis part. It would be good to have the possibility to dig down on the Insight platform. Right now, we can easily do only a few analyses. If this page becomes more powerful, it surely will be a well-adopted platform."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"Recently, they introduced their Prisma Cloud solution. Compared to the previous technologies, like Panorama, which is used for centralized firewall management, or even the individual firewalls, it's a bit challenging to integrate the traditional firewall policies into Prisma Cloud."
"The DLP functionality or data classification can be improved in the solution's basic firewalling."
"They made only a halfhearted attempt to put in DLP (Data Loss Prevention)."
"The solution's licensing could be improved, and training should be included before installation."
"The command-line interface is something that some people struggle with and I think that they should have an option to go straight to the GUI."
"It has to be more scalable for the deployment of VMs on the cloud."
"We have ran into issues with Palo Alto’s limitations for resolving large IP lists from DNS lookups, as well as the antivirus interfering with App-ID."
"We have run into some issues with scaling and limitations associated with some of the configurations."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our OPNsense vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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