We performed a comparison between Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall 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 feature I like most is the SD-WAN. It allows you to manage more than one ISP at the same time. And there is a high-availability mode, so if one of your ISPs is down, you still have a backup."
"It blocks the vulnerabilities that can negatively impact us."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"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 performance is good."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"Fortinet FortiGate is stable. It's used across all the countries, this is the way most multinationals run their system."
"Phish Blocker is a valuable feature."
"The interface is straightforward and easy to use."
"One of the advantages of pfSense is that it is very easy to work with. It is a very good open-source solution, and it works really well. pfSense provides a complete package. For some features, it could be the first solution in the world. It is a very good alternative in the market for a firewall solution. You don't need to go to Cisco or other brands with expensive firewalls. pfSense also allows us to offer some support services."
"Technical support is perfect, excellent."
"Is good at blocking IP addresses."
"Its scalability is a strong point."
"The solution is very easy to use and has a very nice GUI."
"This solution has increased the level of security, given us more control, provided a deep insight into network traffic, and is a great VPN solution."
"I have found the most valuable features to be antivirus and malware protection."
"The support system could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"The platform's interface could improve."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"The solution lacks multi-language support."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The documentation is not clear."
"The GUI. There are TONS of plugins for pfSense, as such, if a user wants to add quite a bit of functionality, the GUI will feel a little congested."
"Their support could be better in terms of the response time."
"It needs to be more secure."
"I'd like to find something in pfSense that is more specific to URL filtering. We have customers who would like to filter their web traffic. They would like to be able to say to their employees, "You can surf the web, but you cannot get access to Facebook or other social media," or "You can surf the web, but you're not allowed to gamble or watch porn on the web." My technicians say that doing this kind of stuff with pfSense nowadays is not easy. They can implement some filters using IP addresses but not by using the names of the domains and categories. So, we are not able to exclude some categories from the allowed traffic, such as porn, gambling, etc. To do that, we have to use another product and another web filter that uses DNS. I know that there are some third-party products that could work with pfSense, but I'd like the native pfSense solution to do that."
"Improve analysis of logs and dashboards (control panel) with improved alert functionality."
"I would like to see pfSense integrate WireGuard. Currently, pfSense uses OpenVPN, and there's nothing wrong with it, but WireGuard is a lot leaner and meaner."
"It could use a little bit of improvement in the reporting."
"Could be simplified for new users."
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Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is ranked 37th in Firewalls with 1 review while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is rated 7.0, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall writes "The solution is stable and affordable, but the documentation is not clear, and it takes a lot of research to implement it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall 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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