We performed a comparison between Netgate pfSense and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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 SD-WAN function is very developed. It has SD-WAN functionality with security features in one device. We can manage from one single console SD-WAN and the security policy."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"It's inexpensive compared to some of the other technology out there."
"This product is definitely scalable."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The ability to set up remote systems is the most valuable feature."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"Good basic firewall features."
"Its reliability and cost-effectiveness stand out."
"The solution is very easy to use and has a very nice GUI."
"It is a very good solution for enterprises that need a VPN for their employees. It is the best way to provide a remote work facility to employees at a very low cost. Other solutions that I have had in the past were very expensive. Enterprises don't always have that kind of money to invest."
"An incomparable stability is achieved with other firewall systems."
"What I like about pfSense is that it works well and runs on an inexpensive appliance."
"The documentation is very good."
"Improved service performance and availability through redundancy."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Most of the features that Zscaler has to offer, we will deploy."
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"Zscaler provides effective protection against various cyber threats ensuring a safe environment"
"Includes advanced tech protection."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"It provides in-depth visibility into your network, ensuring that traffic flowing into your organization, be it from offices or individual users, is effectively filtered and secured through multiple layers of protection."
"The product does need better support in the cloud environment. It's not exactly cloud-native right now."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"The security could be improved."
"The solution’s interface must be improved."
"It needs to be more secure."
"I've never tried it in large environments. All my clients are small businesses with a handful of employees, so I am not sure how it works in large environments. I keep up with recent versions, and there's nothing I'm waiting for, and nothing breaks when I get a new version."
"Their support could be better in terms of the response time."
"The solution requires a lot of administration."
"The access control aspect of the product could be improved."
"I would like to see different graphs available in the reporting."
"The product could improve its integration with some legacy systems."
"They do not provide a few components that are fundamental to differentiate the products"
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"There are some areas it could improve when it comes to blocking, we have to block some things manually. For example, if we block a top-level domain we have seen that the new IPs come through, the IPs are not blocked. There should be some more granular way of doing it. My only request is if you're blocking something at a top level, the sub-level sub-domains and all those other IPs should be blocked too automatically."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Instead of the standard license, they should certainly provide customers with the visibility to access and view the logs."
"Pricing is a challenge."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall should have a better understanding of all dynamic cloud applications."
Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 15 reviews. Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Juniper vSRX. See our Netgate pfSense vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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