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 is the ease of configuration."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The security on offer is very good."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The solution is scalable."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"What I like best about OPNsense is that, as a firewall, it's pretty good. I'm quite impressed with it. I had an excellent experience with OPNsense, which helped me achieve the targets I wanted."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"It's open source."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"The solution has high availability."
"It is very stable. It is fairly easy to use."
"It scales linearly with load and no issues."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its stability, ease of implementation, ease of operation, and security."
"App-ID and User-ID have repeatedly shown value in securing business critical systems."
"We now know a lot more detail about what our users are doing on the network."
"The product provides more visibility into our traffic."
"The VM series has an advantage over the physical version because we are able to change the sources that the machine has, such as the amount of available RAM."
"The tool's cloud version makes application migration easy."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"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 interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"All areas need improvement: manufacturing, education, financial, etc."
"The tool is very costly."
"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."
"The implementation should be simplified."
"The interface is all Java-based. I would prefer an HTML5 interface."
"The product could be better in terms of performance than one of its competitors."
"The solution needs to have more easily searchable details or documentation about it online, so it's easier to Google if you have queries."
"Integrative capabilities with other solutions should be addressed."
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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