pfSense Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 2.3.4Linux/Unix, Other FreeBSD pfSense 2.3.4/FreeBSD 10.12 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Reliable Multi-gateway Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Multi-gateway with Auto-Failover Support
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of Filtering and Real-time Reporting
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
24/7 Internet Provision
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PFSense has worked very well for our needs.
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use as well as being very economical as compared to using Juniper, Cisco and others.
What do you dislike about the product?
Support could be better. You need to purchase a TAC Enterprise subscription which at the end of the day cost almost twice what you spent on the appliance in some cases.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are replacing higher cost devices from other manufacturers while getting the same type of results.
Better protection and good netgate support
What do you like best about the product?
Open source and inbuilt IPS/IDS system. Also Firewall rule are easy to manage
What do you dislike about the product?
Max bandwidth is around 5GB. Should support a complete 10G network.
Also, Alias should support wildcard domains like *.google.com for whitelisting.
Also, Alias should support wildcard domains like *.google.com for whitelisting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cost-effective solution and ease of use.
Prince of Internet Management for Organizations
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to Manage, its free for basic usage
What do you dislike about the product?
Third-Party Packages not operate properly sometimes
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is benefiting organizations to manage their Internet Distribution and management with their own choices mold it according to your needs.
Solid, open source
What do you like best about the product?
FreeBSD based, using familiar and trustable code
What do you dislike about the product?
Very slow release schedule for open source version
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Much better solution than router-based firewalls
Open source is the way to go if you have a little patience
What do you like best about the product?
The best thing about pfSense is its web UI, hands down. Nothing comes close. Also great: FreeBSD o/s, and open source nature. Proprietary vendors still have not caught up on GUI or price.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's not quite as reliable as some of the high-end vendors. Cisco IOS is basically bulletproof. I've had bad experiences with Netgate hardware, too. But you can't compare the value-for-money.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
all-in-one VPN, edge routing, general network appliance (DNS, DHCP). Eliminates the need to run dedicated VMs or machines for these services. It's made things more streamlined in terms of administration.
Upgrading my home network for Gigabit
What do you like best about the product?
The flexibility around VLANS and allowing me to separate my IOT devices, Security Cameras, Docker Containers, Servers and End User Devices.
I had come from other solutions, including more expensive ones and PFSense was the first that really clicked for me.
I had come from other solutions, including more expensive ones and PFSense was the first that really clicked for me.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the logging mechanisms are pretty powerful, but maybe some of the flash & wow of other systems would be nice. It's hard to complain though. Every problem I have encountered has been solved by the community or me skilling up.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I wanted to be sure that IOT devices could not be used to compromise other parts of my network. I needed to ensure uptime compared to my previous environment (lots of patches) and I also needed a system that could do OpenVPN faster than my standalone router.
PfSence fun
What do you like best about the product?
FreeBSD based and open source and GUI control panel
What do you dislike about the product?
missed some documentation regarding VPN configuration
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Firewall and IDS/IPS
Great OS and flexibility, hardware not as reliable
What do you like best about the product?
Control and visibility of traffic rules and data. Easy to configure rules and settings. Not bound to hardware and configuration can be easily ported to different hardware.
What do you dislike about the product?
The negate hardware has been unreliable. Would not use in remote distant areas due to failures and difficulty for an average user/remote hands restoring the appliance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Geoblocking countries we are not in business with, DNS control and visibility, granular firewall rules, aliases, Snort, pfblocker, DNS, and VPN with relative ease.
Good software which just works. Very reliable.
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use. Helpful and easy-to-understand documentation. Huge community. Many "recipes" are available on user forums. Nice web interface. CLI is also available.
What do you dislike about the product?
The support package covers only issues with software. It does not cover questions like "how can I do this and that with pfSense". It's developing much slower that a competition. Some critical features are not available out of the box, and you have to install them as an add-on.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
You can have a router with HA features for a relatively low price.
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