We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."It does a lot for you for intrusion protection and as an antivirus. The threat management bundle is worth the money. You don't need another company to monitor your web traffic for you. You can do everything yourself on the firewall. You restrict your own black list for people on the firewall. You don't need to pay some other company for another product to do that for you. The firewall can do that for you. So, it's an easy-to-use product for people to be independent. They don't need to rely on other vendors to do what the firewall can do. They can do everything."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"It works very well. It has a lot of different functionalities. Its cost is also fine for our customers."
"The solution can scale well."
"Consolidated our network environment at all locations, but mainly at our datacenter."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"The solution has high availability."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"The graphic user interface is very good and it is user-friendly which makes the product easy-to-use."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"Remote access is excellent."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"Scalable ATP solution that's quick to set up. It demonstrates good performance and stability."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"Palo Alto has a feature called WildFire Analysis that is unavailable in FortiGate. WildFire is better than a sandbox because it can address zero-day threats and vulnerabilities. It can immediately identify zero-day threats from the cloud."
"The performance could be a bit better. Right now, I find it to be lacking. Having good performance is very important for our work."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"The logs need to be better. They need to be more visible and easier to access."
"Application management can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"The solution could be more secure."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"Given that OPNsense plays a pivotal role as a firewall, safeguarding against various threats, having a reliable backup ensures uninterrupted protection even if unforeseen events impact the primary virtual machine."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"There are more specialized solutions that compete with Wildfire. Therefore, they need to work on their machine learning and AI to be more competitive."
"The VPN and decryption need improvement."
"Other vendors have some sort of bandwidth management built into the firewall itself and Palo Alto is missing that."
"The initial setup was complex."
"There are some formats that the solution cannot support ."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The cyber security visibility and forensics features to receive more information about incidents could improve in Palo Alto Networks WildFire."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. 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 WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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