We performed a comparison between McAfee StoneGate [EOL] 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 solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is Quota."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"It works well with a highly-active cluster."
"We did not have issues with scalabiliy."
"The most valuable features of pfSense are security, user-friendliness, and helpful online management."
"It is a stable solution. It is also easy to install and can be deployed and maintained by one team member."
"The interface is straightforward and easy to use."
"pfSense helped us during COVID-19 because we used OpenVPN to connect from home."
"It has a very nice web interface, and it is very simple to use. The way policies are working is also good."
"I like pfSense's reports and how I can control access to the policies on the firewall."
"The concurrent users are perfect for us."
"There is good documentation with a fantastic community and enterprise support."
"They sometimes hide some features and if you want to enable them, you have to go in the CLI, enable the feature and configure it through the CLI. Customers, typically, like everything to be done by the GUI."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"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."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve by integrating the web application firewall and the DDoS protection part of the solution. Having a WAF feature, web application firewall, and proxy together would be a good benefit."
"After some experience with the solution, we had to do some redesign, but generally, we were happy with the product."
"The solution requires a lot of administration."
"There are some bias issues and some intrusions in our network that have to be addressed. So, we're thinking of changing this firewall to something like a professional hardware-enabled firewall."
"The solution could be more user-friendly, and the graphical interface needs some work so that someone without an IT background can use the application. I would like the ability to manage the on-premise appliance from the cloud. When I'm not in the office, it would be great to connect to the pfSense server and administer the network remotely."
"Needs services on additional features, such as managing inventory and generating reports."
"There's a bit of a learning curve during the initial implementation."
"The solution’s interface must be improved."
"The usage reports can be better."
"We would like to see ready-made profiles to cover most users' needs."
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McAfee StoneGate [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. McAfee StoneGate [EOL] is rated 7.0, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. 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 Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". McAfee StoneGate [EOL] 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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