Netgate pfSense is valued for routing, firewall protection, VPN setup, and bandwidth management, supporting diverse environments like homes, businesses, and government networks. Users praise its scalability, performance, and customization, yet express concerns about an outdated interface, insufficient guidance, and compatibility with LTE devices.
PFSENSE turns out to be very economical, the license is free and for little money you get very good support
If you need to buy hardware onto which to install PfSense, go with their boxes on their website, they are great.
PFSENSE turns out to be very economical, the license is free and for little money you get very good support
If you need to buy hardware onto which to install PfSense, go with their boxes on their website, they are great.
Most users utilize OPNsense as a firewall, managing security and network traffic and securing internal networks. It offers VPN, SD-WAN, proxy, content filtering, remote access, and learning opportunities. Strengths include ease of use, robust reporting, frequent updates, and solid security. Users suggest improving VPN selection, technical documentation, connectivity, and logging.
We are not paying any licensing fees. OPNsense is completely free for us.
It costs about $1000.
We are not paying any licensing fees. OPNsense is completely free for us.
It costs about $1000.
For licensing the XG 210, we paid approximately $3000 for three years. There are no additional fees on top of this.
It's a suitable price and license.
For licensing the XG 210, we paid approximately $3000 for three years. There are no additional fees on top of this.
It's a suitable price and license.
Clients use Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls for perimeter protection, securing network traffic, setting up VPNs, blocking applications, enhancing datacenter security, managing traffic between cloud and on-premises environments, and integrating SD-WAN and security features. They appreciate stability, advanced threat protection, application-aware identification, and machine learning for real-time attack prevention.
Annually, the licensing costs are too much.
The licensing is annual, and there aren't any additional fees on top of that.
Annually, the licensing costs are too much.
The licensing is annual, and there aren't any additional fees on top of that.
Azure Firewall is a user-friendly, intuitive, cloud-native firewall security solution that provides top-of-the-industry threat protection for all your Azure Virtual Network resources. Azure Firewall is constantly and thoroughly analyzing all traffic and data packets, making it a very valuable and secure fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability. Azure Firewall allows users to create virtual IP addresses and provides for secure DDoS protection for the virtual machines on your network. It also provides fast and efficient east-west and north-south traffic security.
Azure Firewall is a managed, cloud-based network security service built to protect your Azure Virtual Network resources. It is a fully stateful firewall as a service with built-in high availability and unrestricted cloud scalability.
Azure Firewall is quite an expensive product.
The licensing module is good.
Azure Firewall is quite an expensive product.
The licensing module is good.
Getting licenses in our country, Ghana, is not easy. Though, once we have them, adding them is quick (about a day).
The pricing was a factor for us, and we felt that the price was good.
Getting licenses in our country, Ghana, is not easy. Though, once we have them, adding them is quick (about a day).
The pricing was a factor for us, and we felt that the price was good.
Sophos XGS is a comprehensive network security solution designed to protect organizations from advanced threats. It combines next-generation firewall capabilities with advanced threat protection, web filtering, and application control.
The price of the solution is reasonable and their target market is small to medium-sized companies.
The license for Sophos XGS is for three years, paid on a yearly basis. Everything is included with the license; there are no additional fees.
The price of the solution is reasonable and their target market is small to medium-sized companies.
The license for Sophos XGS is for three years, paid on a yearly basis. Everything is included with the license; there are no additional fees.
FortiGate Virtual Appliances allow you to mitigate blind spots by implementing critical security controls within your virtual infrastructure. They also allow you to rapidly provision security infrastructure whenever and wherever it is needed. FortiGate virtual appliances feature all of the security and networking services common to traditional hardware-based FortiGate appliances. With the addition of virtual appliances from Fortinet, you can deploy a mix of hardware and virtual appliances, operating together and managed from a common centralized management platform.
The pricing and licensing are not as expensive as its competitors.
It is an expensive solution if you are migrating from an open source solution.
The pricing and licensing are not as expensive as its competitors.
It is an expensive solution if you are migrating from an open source solution.
SonicWall NSa dispenses advanced threat protection using a high-performance security platform. The NSa series implements intuitive deep learning technologies in the SonicWall Capture Cloud Platform to dispatch the automated real-time threat detection and deterrence enterprise organizations need today. SonicWall Network Security appliance (NSa) series is best for mid-sized organizations to distributed enterprises and data centers.
SonicWall NSa series next-generation firewalls (NFGWS) combine two very robust security ideologies to deliver advanced threat protection to keep users’ networks safe. Boosting SonicWall’s multi-engine advanced threat protection (ATP) is their Real-time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI™). The RTDMI intuitively identifies and stops aggressive zero-day threats and vicious malware by investigating memory directly. This real-time process allows SonicWall RTDMI to be accurate, lessen false positives and discover and alleviate malicious threats and attacks. SonicWall’s single-pass Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection (RFDPI) will audit every byte of each and every packet by investigating both outbound and inbound traffic on the firewall. By combining the SonicWall Capture Cloud Platform along with on-box offerings such as intrusion prevention, web/URL filtering, and anti-malware, the NSa series is able to block the most malicious and dangerous threats at the gateway.
Licensed features provide application control, content filtering, antivirus, and anti-malware all in a single appliance.
The CPUs are not able to compete with a similar price point to the Fortinet, WatchGuard, or Palo Alto product.
Licensed features provide application control, content filtering, antivirus, and anti-malware all in a single appliance.
The CPUs are not able to compete with a similar price point to the Fortinet, WatchGuard, or Palo Alto product.
Sangfor Next Generation Firewall (also known as NGAF) is a converged security solution providing protection against advanced threat, malware, viruses, ransomware and web-based attacks using integrated security features like firewall, IPS, anti-virus, anti-malware, APT, URL filtering, Cloud Sandbox, and WAF. As the world's first AI-enabled and fully integrated Next Generation Firewall & Web Application Firewall (WAF), NGAF offering the security visibility, real-time detection and response, simplified operation and maintenance and high-performance application layer security needed to operate an enterprise network in total security. Tested and proven to provide cutting-edge network security by ICSA Labs and endorsed by Gartner Inc., NGAF harnesses the power of Sangfor’s Neural-X threat intelligence and analytics platform and Engine Zero’s innovative malware detection to provide next-generation protection for today’s enterprise.
It costs about 8 to 10 thousand dollars per year for 500 users, standard licensing fees included.
Sangfor is cheaper than competing vendors.
It costs about 8 to 10 thousand dollars per year for 500 users, standard licensing fees included.
Sangfor is cheaper than competing vendors.
Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is a highly effective advanced threat protection (ATP) solution and firewall that can be hosted on cloud computing technologies designed by many different companies. It decreases the amount of time that it will take administrators to respond to threats. Users that deploy VM-series have 70% less downtime than those who use similar firewalls. Neither protection nor efficiency are concerns when this next-generation firewall is in play.
For what you get, it does do what it says. It is a good value for an enterprise firewall.
The licensing is pretty much like everyone else.
For what you get, it does do what it says. It is a good value for an enterprise firewall.
The licensing is pretty much like everyone else.
Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is a versatile and comprehensive solution for perimeter security, offering features such as SD-WAN, IPS, VPN, and cloud or on-premises subscription keys. It is preferred by many clients over Cisco and is used for obligation redundancy, VPN access, and as the main point of security in infrastructure.
The big advantage of this solution is that we can select the right model for our requirements, which is not too expensive.
Forcepoint is very expensive but it's really secure.
The big advantage of this solution is that we can select the right model for our requirements, which is not too expensive.
Forcepoint is very expensive but it's really secure.
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is a comprehensive network security solution that provides advanced protection for organizations of all sizes. It offers next-generation firewall capabilities, including application control, intrusion prevention, and web filtering.
It is a product with a very transparent model of licensing. In the sense of hidden expenses, they do not exist with this model.
We evaluated a lot of different options. We concluded that Barracuda NG Firewall provided the most features for an exemplary price.
It is a product with a very transparent model of licensing. In the sense of hidden expenses, they do not exist with this model.
We evaluated a lot of different options. We concluded that Barracuda NG Firewall provided the most features for an exemplary price.
Hillstone E-Series is a comprehensive network security solution designed to protect organizations from advanced threats. It offers a range of features including a firewall, intrusion prevention system (IPS), virtual private network (VPN), and application control.
The cost per year for licensing, and hardware, is approximately $850 for the basic plan.
Hillstone's pricing is economical and neither very high nor very low.
The cost per year for licensing, and hardware, is approximately $850 for the basic plan.
Hillstone's pricing is economical and neither very high nor very low.
Palo Alto Networks PA-Series provides firewall protection, perimeter defense, VPN concentration, and traffic control. It secures multi-site and hybrid environments, protects networks during cloud transitions, and enhances AWS deployments. Features include App-ID, web filtering, antivirus, DLP, WildFire, encryption, VPN capabilities, and detailed policy configuration.
Palo Alto’s pricing is way higher than any other solution provider.
Palo Alto is more expensive than FortiGate.
Palo Alto’s pricing is way higher than any other solution provider.
Palo Alto is more expensive than FortiGate.
SonicWall NSV is a software-based virtual firewall that provides additional security for customers with public-facing servers or services on Microsoft Azure. The AGSS Bundle is considered the most valuable feature, providing security services such as antivirus, intrusion prevention system, and anti-spyware botnet GUI.
Our initial purchase, which included a three-year term of support, was about $25,000 USD.
We are currently using the trial version.
Our initial purchase, which included a three-year term of support, was about $25,000 USD.
We are currently using the trial version.
Hillstone’s T-Series intelligent Next-Generation Firewall (iNGFW) uses three key technologies to detect advanced attacks and provide continuous threat defense for today’s networks. First, it uses statistical clustering to detect unknown malware, leveraging the patented Hillstone Advanced Threat Detection engine (ATD). Second, it uses behavioral analytics to detect anomalous network behavior, which is based on the Hillstone Abnormal Behavior Detection engine (ABD). Finally, it leverages the Hillstone threat correlation analysis engine to correlate threat events detected by disparate engines – including ATD, ABD, Sandbox and other traditional signature-based threat detection technologies – along with context information to identify advanced threats.
We got a much cheaper price than that provided by Fortinet right now.
We got a much cheaper price than that provided by Fortinet right now.
