We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series 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 pricing is great and very reasonable."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The solution is very, very easy to use."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"The VPN server feature is the most valuable. It is integrated with Radius and AAA for doing accounting and authentication. Insight view is also an important feature for me at this time. It allows me to assess our network traffic. I also like the firewall feature. The BSD kernel has a packet filter. It is one of the most solid frameworks for firewalls. Its user interface is one of the best interfaces I have used."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"It's open source."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"We use the product on our Azure network firewalls."
"We now know a lot more detail about what our users are doing on the network."
"It is nice to have a rock solid security platform that we can count on."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the zero-trust security architecture."
"The interface with Panorama makes it very easy to use."
"The VM-Series reports how much bandwidth a particular IP is using. You don't need to regularly log into a website, like a Cisco command, to see what kind of ACL it's getting. There isn't an ACL use portal event. You can go there and see how much my ACL has been getting me."
"The filtering feature is good."
"It is very stable. It is fairly easy to use."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"They should improve the interface to make it more user-friendly."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
"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."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"The solution could be more secure."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"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 utilization monitoring and GUI have room for improvement."
"They made only a halfhearted attempt to put in DLP (Data Loss Prevention)."
"The solution needs to have more easily searchable details or documentation about it online, so it's easier to Google if you have queries."
"Palo Alto Networks VM-Series needs to improve its order process."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration between the endpoints and the firewalls."
"In the next release, I would like to see better integration of multi-factor authentication vendors."
"The product's AIOps process needs improvement."
"The user interface could use some improvement."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is ranked 10th in Firewalls with 53 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is rated 8.6. 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 VM-Series writes "Many features are optimized for troubleshooting real-time scenarios, saving a lot of time". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Palo Alto Networks VM-Series is most compared with Azure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Juniper SRX Series Firewall. See our OPNsense vs. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series report.
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