Netgate pfSense pros and cons

Vendor: Netgate

4.3 out of 5

128 reviews
92% willing to recommend

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Netgate pfSense Pros review quotes

RO

CEO at Private

Feb 11, 2019

I had some outages in the network and we provide services for our company. We sell mobile credits. The terminal gets access to our own server inside the network and if one internet fails, then the other one is still up and we have a back-up link on the devices.

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BO

CEO at In.sist d.o.o.

Jan 23, 2024

The classic features such as content inspection, content protection, and the application-level firewall, are the most important.

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TW

Managing Director at Midgard IT

Apr 28, 2021

I'm the expert when it comes to Linux systems, however, with the pfSense, due to the web interface, the rest of the staff can actually make changes to it as required without me worrying about whether they've opened up ports incorrectly or not. The ease of use for non-expert staff is very good.

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Chef at a media company with 11-50 employees

Dec 7, 2021

The plugins or add-ons are most valuable. Sometimes, they are free of charge, and sometimes, you have to pay for them, but you can purchase or download very valuable plugins or add-ons to perform internal testing of your network and simulate a denial-of-service attack or whichever attack you want to simulate. You can also remote and monitor your network and see where the gap is. Did you forget a printer port? Most attacks at the moment are happening through printers, and they can tell you immediately that you forgot to close the port of the printer. There are more than one million printers that are in danger, and everybody knows that hackers are using them to enter the network. So, you can download plugins to protect your network.

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JM

IT Manager at Gandia Consulting Group

Jan 25, 2024

The most valuable feature, for instance, is the ease of migrating configurations between different Netgate devices housed in the same box.

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TO

VP of Business Development at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Nov 16, 2021

What I found most valuable is the cost of the platform, the flexibility of the platform, and the fact that the ongoing fees are not there as they are with the competitor. Some people may think you're taking a risk with using Opensource. I think it just provides the end user, specifically for us small, medium business providers of services, the flexibility we need at the right cost to provide them a higher end, almost enterprise type service.

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LP

Consultant and Head of Services at ILANZ LLC

Mar 13, 2021

I am happy with the EPLS, the radius, and I am happy with the captive portal.

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BO

CEO at In.sist d.o.o.

Jan 23, 2021

Content protection, content inspection, and the application level firewall.

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DA

Acting Manager IT at National Insurance Company Limited

Dec 13, 2021

The GUI is easy to understand.

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MY

Solution Architect, Managed Services & System Integration at Transmeet Technologies

Mar 11, 2021

The flexibility of adding new kinds of services without spending any money can't be beaten.

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Netgate pfSense Cons review quotes

RO

CEO at Private

Feb 11, 2019

Adjustment in the interfaces: I had to adjust those interfaces manually and of course that is a great feature that you can restore it but it is immediately also one point for improvement. If you don't have to adjust, if it's just stamped and it works, that's great.

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BO

CEO at In.sist d.o.o.

Jan 23, 2024

Ease of use is a problem for a user who is unfamiliar with this product because, in the interface, everything has to be set manually.

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TW

Managing Director at Midgard IT

Apr 28, 2021

We are at the moment looking to use it as a proxy service so that we can limit what websites people go and view and that sort of thing. That's an area I've struggled with a little bit at the moment and it could be a bit easier to set up.

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Chef at a media company with 11-50 employees

Dec 7, 2021

There could be a way to remote to it through a mobile app. You can always browse through your browser on your mobile phone or tablet, but it would be good to have a dedicated app. I understand that iOS and Android developers are expensive, but there should be a mobile app.

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JM

IT Manager at Gandia Consulting Group

Jan 25, 2024

I believe improving integration with various antivirus vendors could be beneficial.

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TO

VP of Business Development at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Nov 16, 2021

In terms of areas of improvement, the interface seemed like it had a lot. The GUI interface that I had gotten into was rather elaborate. I don't know if they could zero in on some markets and potentially for small, medium businesses specifically, give them a stripped-down version of the GUI for pfSense.

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LP

Consultant and Head of Services at ILANZ LLC

Mar 13, 2021

It could use a little bit of improvement in the reporting.

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BO

CEO at In.sist d.o.o.

Jan 23, 2021

Could be simplified for new users.

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DA

Acting Manager IT at National Insurance Company Limited

Dec 13, 2021

Also, the GUI is helpful, but it's not user-friendly. It's complicated. It should be more intuitive for the average user and have an excellent graphical view. Of course, the user will typically know about network administration, but it still should be easy to understand.

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MY

Solution Architect, Managed Services & System Integration at Transmeet Technologies

Mar 11, 2021

The interface is not very shiny and attractive.

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