We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The technical support in our region is excellent."
"The most important features of Fortinet FortiGate are the Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and firewall control applications."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"Allows for firewall rules to be programmed and named in a way that makes it “readable”"
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"We are a visual effects company, and there have been a number of high profile security issues in our industry. This has brought us to a higher standard of security, which our clients are very keen on these days."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"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."
"In terms of improvement, the performance could be enhanced."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"The reporting part could be better."
"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."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"On the customer-side, because I'm a small business, I need a cheaper or free solution option."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of McAfee StoneGate [EOL] writes "The HA cluster had issues during deployment, but the solution gives us better application control than with our previous solution". 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". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is most compared with , whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire.
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