We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Untangle NG Firewall based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: The two solutions have similar ratings in each of the categories. However, Untangle NG Firewall users mention they have seen a positive ROI.
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"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's more secure and more reliable."
"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 interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"All features are useful. We are using premium features such as bandwidth sharing, failover, web filters, SSL controls, antivirus, and VPN. We use these features to the fullest. These features are available in the paid firewall license, not the free one."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"Easy to set up and easy to integrate."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"They've become quite expensive."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
"The solution could be more secure."
"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."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"The hardware can be improved."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"On their low-end appliance, they could have more memory and the largest storage space. The low-end appliance comes with a too-small hard drive, and it could use a little extra room. It only comes with about 4 gigs or 8 gigs of memory, and the hardware space is only 40 gigs, which is really small."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"The management console for partners is a bit tricky (buggy)."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Untangle NG Firewall 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, IPFire and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, SonicWall TZ and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our OPNsense vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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