We performed a comparison between Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The web filtering facility and application control are the most valuable features from the point of view of our clients. The VPN feature is also quite popular amongst our clients. Two-factor authentication is one of the good features in Fortinet. These features are important for the current scenario of security. Security has become a necessity nowadays. With cyber-attacks becoming more common, protecting an organization's data is one of the major tasks. It is also very stable and scalable, and it is very straightforward to configure. Their technical support is also good."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"It's very good and very stable for businesses. It works very well."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"Phish Blocker is a valuable feature."
"The documentation is very good."
"The features I have found best are ease of use, GUI, and performance."
"I like pfSense's reports and how I can control access to the policies on the firewall."
"Great extensibility of the platform."
"I have found pfSense to be stable."
"The solution has good customization abilities and plenty of features."
"Its scalability is a strong point."
"The performance and functionality are good."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"I feel that the reporting needs to be improved."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"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."
"The documentation is not clear."
"In an upcoming release, the reporting could be more user-friendly. For example, the reporting in graphs and charts for the host can be cumbersome."
"Also, the GUI is helpful, but it's not user-friendly. It's complicated. It should be more intuitive for the average user and have an excellent graphical view. Of course, the user will typically know about network administration, but it still should be easy to understand."
"Needs services on additional features, such as managing inventory and generating reports."
"The configuration of the solution is a bit difficult."
"The solution’s interface must be improved."
"This solution is good for small businesses but it is not as stable as other competitors such as Fortinet."
"I would like to see different graphs available in the reporting."
"As an open-source solution, there are so many loopholes happening within the product. By design, no one is taking ownership of it, and that is worrisome to me."
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Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is ranked 37th in Firewalls with 1 review while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is rated 7.0, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall writes "The solution is stable and affordable, but the documentation is not clear, and it takes a lot of research to implement it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is most compared with , whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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