We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Smoothwall Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."This product is definitely scalable."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"It can expand easily."
"The most valuable features are the enterprise modeling and the simple interface."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"The technical support is great."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"I have found the solution has some great features overall, such as guest access capabilities, dashboards, and ease of use. There is plenty of documentation and support and it has the plugins that I needed."
"It has an open license. It works very well, and there is an update every month."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"It was easy to initially deploy it."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The setup is pretty complex and not easy to implement."
"We had a minor problem where there was a major system upgrade on the hardware platfrom and the Mac client was not available as soon as it might have been. The PC client was available immediately, but we had to wait a month or so, before there was a mac client. I was slightly irritated that it was not ready on time, but it was eventually resolved."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"There are just some services that aren't available. For example, the Ethernet or point-to-point protocols. They could add these services to their product offering - especially services for ISPs."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The reporting part could be better."
"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."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"There is room for improvement in the UI. They can improve it by making it so that everything is in one place, so we don't have to jump around to different pages."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Smoothwall Firewall is ranked 34th in Firewalls with 1 review. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Smoothwall Firewall is rated 9.0. 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 Smoothwall Firewall writes "Offers good scalability and monitoring features ". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Smoothwall Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense.
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