We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and OPNsense based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Check Point NGFW is highly regarded for its extensive security functions, centralized control, and ability to virtualize. OPNsense is appreciated for its ability to scale, provide guest access, offer user-friendly dashboards, and provide a free version for users. Check Point NGFW needs enhancements in integration, hardware upgrades, cost, stability, load balancing, technical support, and reporting capabilities. OPNsense, on the other hand, requires improvements in its interface, bandwidth management, multi-provider internet protection, integration with Azure, a timeline for new features and updates, IPS solution, reporting capabilities, SSL inspection, and learning curve.
Service and Support: The service for Check Point NGFW has varying feedback, with certain customers appreciating its assistance and quick response, while others believe there is room for improvement. OPNsense boasts an exceptional community support network, although a few users encounter challenges in directly accessing support.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Check Point NGFW can be complex and challenging, especially for those who are unfamiliar with the product. It requires expertise and experience for certain configurations and migrations. The initial setup of OPNsense is described as straightforward and easy, even for clients without IT experience. It can be completed within a few hours, with slight variations depending on individual circumstances.
Pricing: The cost of setting up Check Point NGFW is deemed to be expensive, whereas OPNsense falls into the moderate range. Check Point provides flexible licensing choices, although some individuals find the procedure complex. OPNsense is a license-free open-source solution. In addition to the basic expenses, OPNsense requires additional costs for hardware, installation, and training.
ROI: Check Point NGFW provides cost savings, simplicity, and reliable security enforcement, resulting in a favorable return on investment. OPNsense achieves a return on investment in less than three months and eliminates recurring fees.
Comparison Results: Check Point NGFW is the preferred choice over OPNsense. Users appreciate its comprehensive security features, centralized management, and virtualization capabilities. It is known for its stability, ease of use, and scalability. Check Point NGFW is considered worth the price due to its superior security and reliability.
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"Fortinet FortiGate's ease of management is the most valuable feature."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The security features that they have are quite good. On top of that, their licensing model is quite nice where they don't charge you anything for the SD-WAN functionality for the firewall."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"It's scalable and provides end-to-end resolution."
"The performance has been very good."
"Some of the most valuable features are URL filtering, web filtering, and content filtering."
"The central management makes it easier, and is a time-saver, when implementing changes."
"My customers cite performance and ease of configuration as two of the solution's most valuable features."
"Management integration is holistic as centralized management has been core to the solution for decades."
"It filters unwanted traffic."
"Its greatest asset lies in its user-friendly interface, making it exceptionally suitable and reliable for managing gateways."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"The technical support is very good."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The visibility of the network can be better. The GUI can be improved for better visibility of the network flow. Other solutions have better GUI in terms of network visibility."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Some of the web policy reports could be improved."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"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 support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"Our SAM rule is also not working to block the IP address which we don't allow in our organization so we have to create a traditional rule base block which is a time-consuming job for me and my team."
"It requires enhanced automation tools for regulatory compliance to ease the burden of compliance reporting and auditing."
"Currently, upgrades are quite cumbersome."
"The frequency of the antivirus updates which we get for Check Point firewalls should increase. They should be of good quality compared to the competitive firewalls on the market. They should give us stable antivirus signatures. That is an area in which they can improve."
"The only reasons we are looking at other solutions are price and integration."
"The interface can be more user-friendly in terms of design and the location of critical and commonly used icons."
"Although there is a lot of automation and pattern that can be classified automatically, the IPS systems are sometimes a little bit complicated, and doing the fine-tuning in over 20,000 patterns is hard to do."
"Check Point NGFW needs to run marketing events. They have also to set up a support center in India."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
"The reporting part could be better."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"On the customer-side, because I'm a small business, I need a cheaper or free solution option."
"The interface isn't so friendly user. But we have some technicians here who are quite confident with this tool. OPNSense could maybe add sets of rules so it's simpler to manage different groups with particular needs."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 5th in Firewalls with 277 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Good antivirus protection and URL filtering with very good user identification capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Netgate pfSense and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and KerioControl. See our Check Point NGFW vs. OPNsense report.
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