We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and OPNsense 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 Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"Fortigate is very scalable to serve our customers' needs. We have scaled already from fifty to more than a hundred instances of Fortinet FortiGate. Around 20 staff are required for deployment and maintenance, mostly engineers."
"The solution is stable."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"The technical is excellent."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"The product's stability is good."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"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 of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"The graphic user interface is very good and it is user-friendly which makes the product easy-to-use."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The configuration and reporting interfaces need a lot of improvement. It needs to be more accessible forsolide without a strong technical background. If you had a simplified dashboard, the lower-level techs could manage the solution and provide services. Cisco IOS Security requires someone who is highly trained to operate it."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"I would love it if it has a link-by-link feature, integration with Unified Threat Management (UTM), and load balancers. They haven't got any link-by-link feature right now, which can be a very attractive option. This link-by-link feature can also be made available for Cisco's UTM firewalls. The link-by-link feature is available in some of the other firewalls. Currently, integration with UTM is missing. Cisco IOS Security also doesn't have the load balancers and a few things that need to be done to get a good UTM firewall. Normally, other firewalls have UTM. As a next-generation firewall, it's good, but as a UTM, it has to do some work."
"We have a very bad experience on the support. They take too much time requesting logs, and they are not coming directly online to resolve the issues."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"The configuration should be easier in the solution."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"There should be more technical documentation."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, 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". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. OPNsense report.
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