We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"The GUI is good."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"For example, if a security Intel threat talks about an IOC. We can then go to our MSP and say, "Is there a signature for this particular type of malware that just came out?" And if they'll say yes, then we'll say, "Okay. Does it apply to these firewalls? And have we seen any hits on it?" There's absolutely value in it."
"Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones has improved my organization."
"Stability is never a concern."
"The graphic user interface of Palo Alto is good and it's easy to configure."
"There are some problems that support cannot give you a logical reason as to why it happened. For example, I had a case where I was dealing with a WhatsApp application that was giving issues. Technical support gave more than one reason it could be giving issues, but none of them solved the problem. Eventually I solved the problem, but it was far from the solutions that support had given."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"There are a lot of bugs I have found in the solution and it is difficult to upgrade. These areas need improvement."
"We sometimes have issues with FortiGate's routing table in the latest firmware update. We had to downgrade the device because our customers complained about bugs."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"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."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"The reporting part could be better."
"They should make their user interface a little more user-friendly."
"The GUI is better in 8.0, but I still feel it lacks the fast response most of us desire. Logs are much quicker."
"High availability features are lacking."
"The threat intelligence that we receiving in the reporting was not as expected. We were expecting more. Additionally, we should be able to whitelist a specific file based on a variety of attributes."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"They can keep on doing more updates. As new malware and viruses are coming out, they can make sure that WildFire is up to date."
"Any enhancements should likely be focused on the firewall appliance to further strengthen overall security capabilities, such as refining app and user identity features."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is rated 8.4. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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