GajShield Next Generation Firewall vs Netgate pfSense comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortinet FortiGate
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Ranking in Firewalls
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
306
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (2nd), WAN Edge (1st)
GajShield Next Generation F...
Ranking in Firewalls
30th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Netgate pfSense
Ranking in Firewalls
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
128
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Firewalls category, the market share of Fortinet FortiGate is 22.9% and it increased by 13.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of GajShield Next Generation Firewall is 0.1% and it decreased by 10.2% compared to the previous year. The market share of Netgate pfSense is 15.4% and it decreased by 25.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Firewalls
Unique Categories:
Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions
21.5%
WAN Edge
24.4%
No other categories found
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Featured Reviews

Syed Ali Waqas - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 29, 2024
Provides centralized management, enhanced visibility, and reduces cybersecurity risks
Fortinet FortiGate offers enhanced visibility and segmentation for our industrial devices, a crucial process when some machines utilize systems demanding high-level security. We have implemented Fortinet Security Fabric on our VM infrastructure, and it has provided great service in helping us meet regulations, governance, and compliance requirements. This is important to us because Fortinet Security Fabric connects to our sandbox, allowing us to scan shares across all clusters and enabling FortiGate to resolve any online issues. Fortinet FortiGate has enhanced our organization's security by enabling secure VPN access and restricting access to social media sites, thus ensuring that employees can focus on their work. We saw the benefits of FortiGate within weeks of the deployment. FortiGate helps reduce the risk of cyberattacks that could disrupt our production by isolating the affected traffic and creating a log for us. It also helps to centralize the management of our network and security operations. The centralized management allows us to access all of our firewalls and policies using a single interface. Fortinet provides actionable data to help us make informed decisions about the actions to take. For example, if one of our firewalls goes down, the solution helps us rectify the issue by providing details on the problem and how to address it. By consolidating the numerous individually connected batches, FortiGate helped us reduce operational expenses associated with the extra costs they incurred. Fortinet FortiGate has helped us mature our approach to cybersecurity for protecting our industrial equipment. Their knowledge and daily webinars on email security and virus prevention have empowered us to stop attacks and maximize our efficiency.
JK
Apr 24, 2023
Offers Data Loss Prevention (DLP) features
I find DLP the most valuable feature. Moreover, Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products. These features are not present in Sophos and Fortinet.  GajShield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud or DLP level. If the servers have…
Glenn Ace Tenorio - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 24, 2024
User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise
Our most common use cases are for our corporate firewalls, and currently, I'm using it as our school firewall. So it's our perimeter firewall. So, we're running three firewalls on our network.  So we have separate networks each because we have, like, different use cases. So we're running three at…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"FortiGate is on the cheaper end, and it offers good value."
"We have found it to be very reliable and that's why our teams and various users in our company use it as our main firewall every day."
"The customization potential is quite impressive."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"Great extensibility of the platform."
"The gain in performance and security from configuring the VPN connections was significant."
"I like pfSense's security features."
"I have found the firewall portion for the blocking most valuable."
"Sophos Intercept X is scalable. Currently, we have almost 30 people using it in our company."
"The ability to create a VPN allows me to monitor branch offices from a central location."
"It is a stable solution."
"The tools' most valuable feature is load balancing."
 

Cons

"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"The Netgate forums and community don’t provide extensive discussions and topics related to every pfSense service."
"A malware blocker should be included. I do not know if it is included yet. However, until now, we have not experienced a large malware invasion."
"Ultimately, we'd like something stronger, and something that can handle threats better in real-time."
"The integration of pfSense with EPS and EDS could be better. Also, it should be easier to get reports on how many users are connecting simultaneously and how sections connect in real-time."
"Also, the GUI is helpful, but it's not user-friendly. It's complicated. It should be more intuitive for the average user and have an excellent graphical view. Of course, the user will typically know about network administration, but it still should be easy to understand."
"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."
"Lacks instructional videos."
"pfSense is not user-friendly. I hope to have something to make the interfaces more user-friendly."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Setup costs and pricing depends on many variables, but it's mostly affordable."
"It's very affordable."
"Price-wise, it's at a good price point for our market."
"The price of Fortinet FortiGate is better than Cisco, Check Point, and Palo Alto. In terms of pricing, it's probably a better-priced firewall solution overall."
"Its pricing is competitive with other solutions."
"The main reason we chose Fortinet FortiGate was that the price was better than the competition."
"Fortinet FortiGate's price can be reduced."
"Compared to Palo Alto, which we have used in the past, pricing and licensing are okay."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall is cheaper than the other products in the market. The licensing costs for the solution are on a yearly basis."
"It was about 15% cheaper compared to Sophos."
"GajShield is a cheaper solution as of now. The subscription is yearly."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall is not that expensive, and its pricing is better than Palo Alto."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall is reasonably priced."
"The price of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is very attractive when compared to other solutions."
"I am using the community version of the solution which is free."
"It's open-source and it's free. Anything for free is good."
"There is no license. You don't have to pay anything. It's completely free."
"Its price is pretty fair."
"All costs are low compared to other solutions. The hardware is stable and cheap."
"PFSENSE turns out to be very economical, the license is free and for little money you get very good support"
"This solution provides enterprise-level features at a fraction of the cost of an enterprise firewall."
"There are a few features not included, and when you have to use those features, you have to pay for them."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
21%
Computer Software Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Media Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Computer Software Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about GajShield Next Generation Firewall?
The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment.
What needs improvement with GajShield Next Generation Firewall?
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What is your primary use case for GajShield Next Generation Firewall?
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Also Known As

FortiGate 60b, FortiGate 60c, FortiGate 80c, FortiGate 50b, FortiGate 200b, FortiGate 110c, FortiGate
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