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."I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"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."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"LinkGreat firewall capabilities"
"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 most valuable feature is the web filter."
"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."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"The solution has high availability."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The analysis is very fast."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"The graphic user interface of Palo Alto is good and it's easy to configure."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"The cloud-based services are a nice feature."
"The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks WildFire are the good URL and file analysis that uses artificial intelligence. It has different interfaces, such as rest, SMTP protocol, and HTTPS. The Security incidents and event management are very good. Additionally, there are many file types that are supported and there is no limit to the number of files it can handle simultaneously. It integrates well with SIEM solutions."
"The most valuable features of this solution are sandbox capabilities."
"The reports are very basic."
"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."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The way everything is set up could be easier. Currently, people need a lot of experience and knowledge to administer it and to link it to devices."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"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."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"I think it would be nice for Palo Alto to work without the connection to the cloud. It is 100% powerful when connected to the cloud. But, if you disconnect from the cloud, you only get 40-50% power."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"The cost of the solution is excessively high."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex, mainly due to the GUI console and management challenges."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release of Palo Alto Networks WildFire, each release is based on malware that has been identified. The key problem is an average of six months from the time malware is written to the time it's discovered and a signature is created for it. The only advice that I can give is for them to shorten that timeframe. I don't know how they would do it, but if they shorten that, for example, cut it in half, they'll make themselves more famous."
"In the future, I would like to see more automation in the reporting."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"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."
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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