Top 10 Netgate pfSense Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to Netgate pfSense Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Sophos Firewall
By Sophos
4.7/5
(599)
Product Description
Ultimate enterprise firewall performance, security, and control.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, Sophos Firewall is:
Slower to reach roi
More usable
Easier to admin
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software

Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)
By Check Point Software Technologies
4.5/5
(539)
Product Description
Check Point Firewall. The Check Point Firewall Software Blade incorporates all of the power and capability of the revolutionary FireWall-1 solution while adding user identity awareness to provide granular event awareness and policy enforcement.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, Check Point Next Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
More usable
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software

WatchGuard Network Security
By WatchGuard
4.7/5
(262)
Product Description
WatchGuard has deployed nearly a million integrated, multi-function threat management appliances worldwide. Our signature red boxes are architected to be the industry's smartest, fastest, and meanest security devices with every scanning engine running at full throttle.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, WatchGuard Network Security is:
Slower to reach roi
More usable
Easier to admin
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software
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Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls
By Palo Alto Networks
4.5/5
(155)
Product Description
Our next-generation firewall classifies all traffic, including encrypted traffic, based on application, application function, user and content. You can create comprehensive, precise security policies, resulting in safe enablement of applications. This lets only authorized users run sanctioned applications, greatly reducing the surface area of cyber attacks across the organization.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls is:
More expensive
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software

SonicWall Next Generation Firewall
By SonicWall
4.1/5
(151)
Product Description
SonicWall real-time breach detection and prevention solutions protect more than one million networks worldwide.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, SonicWall Next Generation Firewall is:
Slower to reach roi
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly NGFWv)
By Cisco
4.2/5
(92)
Product Description
The Cisco Secure Firewall portfolio delivers greater protections for your network against an increasingly evolving and complex set of threats. With Cisco, you’re investing in a foundation for security that is both agile and integrated- leading to the strongest security posture available today and tomorrow. From your data center, branch offices, cloud environments, and everywhere in between, you can leverage the power of Cisco to turn your existing network infrastructure into an extension of your firewall solution, resulting in world class security controls everywhere you need them. Investing in a Secure Firewall appliance today gives you robust protections against even the most sophisticated threats without compromising performance when inspecting encrypted traffic. Further, integrations with other Cisco and 3rd party solutions provides you with a broad and deep portfolio of security products, all working together to correlate previously disconnected events, eliminate noise, and stop threats faster.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly NGFWv) is:
Slower to reach roi
More expensive
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software

CrowdSec
By CrowdSec
4.7/5
(87)
Product Description
CrowdSec is a collaborative, free and open source security automation platform relying on both IP behavior analysis and IP reputation. CrowdSec identifies threats and shares IP addresses behind malevolent behaviors across its community, to allow everyone to block them preventively. Used in 90 countries across 6 continents, the solution builds a real-time IP reputation database that keeps growing every day and benefits all community members who have each other's backs while forming a global defense shield.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, CrowdSec is:
More usable
Easier to set up
Easier to do business with
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software

GlassWire Firewall
By GlassWire
4.6/5
(50)
Product Description
GlassWire's free firewall helps protect your computer, privacy, and data by visualizing your network activity.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, GlassWire Firewall is:
Easier to set up
More usable
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software

Comodo Firewall
By Xcitium
4/5
(38)
Product Description
A Personal Firewall controls network communication in and out of a single users computer and will restrict the communication based on security policies.
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Reviewers say compared to Netgate pfSense, Comodo Firewall is:
Slower to reach roi
Easier to admin
Easier to set up
Categories in common with Netgate pfSense:
Firewall Software

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