We performed a comparison between FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"It can expand easily."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to operate."
"The setup is easy."
"The scalability is very good."
"FortiGate is a rapidly growing vendor with a wide range of ready-to-use products. Their delivery time is remarkably quick, usually between two to four weeks."
"FortiGate NGF is simple compared to other firewalls. It is easy to use and you don't need any training. Any person with basic firewall knowledge can use it."
"Fortinet offers comprehensive security solutions for various purposes."
"The FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall is always updating. For example, if there is a big attack, they fix it in their firmware. They release new firmware with the necessary patches to address the vulnerabilities."
"The solution is used in my company since its management is very comfortable"
"The graphic user interface is very good and it is user-friendly which makes the product easy-to-use."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"The technical support is very good."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The solution has high availability."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"One of the features that I would like to have is to do with endpoint production, it should be integrated. For example, the firewall gets notified of any kind of forensic event that needs to be done, such as if there is a ransomware attack and how it originated, all those records have to be available from the firewall, which is not."
"The support system could be improved."
"I think that the infrastructure for the VPN could be improved. The way that it is bundled also made it difficult to use and sell as it is too expensive."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"The solution's GUI is not very appealing."
"Someone without certification and experience with other firewalls might find it a bit more challenging to grasp the FortiGate format and its platform layout."
"There have been several vulnerabilities in the firewall. It is hackable, some of the images are hackable."
"The product's data guard feature should support a USB port when the internet connection is unavailable."
"I see problems with the licensing. If I have to add a new feature, we need to add a license."
"There's a limitation wherein you can only have about 30 virtual or secondary IPs on a particular interface."
"The solution needs to improve its support."
"Vulnerabilities owing to viruses in the OS need to be reduced in FortiGate Next Generation Firewall from an improvement perspective."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
"The reporting part could be better."
"The solution could be more secure."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"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."
"Given that OPNsense plays a pivotal role as a firewall, safeguarding against various threats, having a reliable backup ensures uninterrupted protection even if unforeseen events impact the primary virtual machine."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is ranked 14th in Firewalls with 37 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rated 8.4, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) writes "Easy to set up but needs better pricing and more helpful support". 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". FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Tailscale, Twingate, Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Google Cloud Platform Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway. See our FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) vs. OPNsense report.
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