Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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pfSense is the ONLY way to do firewalls
What do you like best about the product?
Granular control over anything and everything firewall-related, including routing. Additionally, pfSense (Netgate) support is beyond stellar. They set the gold standard for product knowledge and support. I cannot recommend them highly enough.
What do you dislike about the product?
I had to do a little paradigm adjusting as I was used to doing things in different ways; however, any time you change vendors, this is going to occur. Netgate support was stellar and made the transition as painless as possible.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Site-to-Site VPN, access control, firewall rules, employee VPN, etc.
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Enterprise level firewall at a fraction of the price
What do you like best about the product?
After conducting an in-depth analysis of various enterprise-level solutions, we discovered that many of them not only incurred a substantial initial acquisition cost but also imposed functional restrictions while subjecting users to additional charges based on their service usage. An illustrative instance is the requirement for multiple IPsec tunnels, which necessitates an extra fee per so many tunnels. Similarly, if one desires two WAN connections, an additional fee applies. In stark contrast, PfSense emerges as an all-encompassing solution, unencumbered by limitations. Our transition from Juniper and SonicWall, dating back 5 to 6 years, led us to replace every firewall in our infrastructure with Netgate hardware running PfSense.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is difficult for me to identify any significant shortcomings of PfSense. However, if I were to pinpoint one aspect, I would mention that the web interface, although entirely functional and intuitive, exhibits a slightly dated design. Additionally, the inclusion of pre-defined permission groups tailored for lower-level users and managers could prove beneficial. Nonetheless, it is worth noting that these features can be implemented without difficulty, as the user rights offer a high level of granularity, necessitating only the creation of custom groups.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
PfSense delivers an exceptional firewall solution that strikes a balance between user-friendliness for those with limited expertise and the capability to handle intricate tasks for experienced users. Its seamless functionality enables effortless connectivity across remote locations and facilitates the secure integration of roaming users, all while upholding stringent security policies.
Fast and easy to use even for the inexperienced
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and find knowledge based articles to guide the user
What do you dislike about the product?
Firmware upgrades can potentially corrupt the file system if user is not careful
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
pfsense is keeping my online presence safe and secure
Poor support
What do you like best about the product?
Relatively inexpensive but a solid product
What do you dislike about the product?
Support is hard to find. I have a fiber connection using an ONT that needs a router/firewall that is set to IPoe. There are very few article is any concerning connecting to IPoe and Negate does not provide support for that.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Unknown.
I have been using pfSense for years as a low cost firewall to protect my business and home networks.
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense is easy to configure with it's setup wizard. Now with tailscale implemented in pfSense plus software configuration of a lightweight VPN based on Wireguard is simple. pfBlocker also allows you to stop ads at the firewall! All of this is great for a novice network administrator.
What do you dislike about the product?
Occasionally upgrading the software version corrupts the configuration which may require a reinstall and repeat setup. Upgrades require time to test and troubleshoot and one always needs to back up complicated configurations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tailscale implementation on pfSense is a game changer for setting up a Wireguard-based VPN. I can easily see behind four pfSense firewalls at different locations making network and computer management much quicker. Creating a private file server (private cloud) behind pfSense enhances security and privacy.
Very good firewall and router for all needs.
What do you like best about the product?
It's a reliable and performant firewall that can fit all your needs!
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes with the original hardware, the UFS file system causes problems.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It connects different locations from customers and our own infrastructure.
Every product that I have use from Negate has been an excellent upgrade.
What do you like best about the product?
I like the customer service from the Tac team and I also like the function and features of the devices.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is not much to dislike about Pfsense except for some once in a while upgrade bugs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is making it so smaller businesses can have a business class firewall at an affordable price.
Getting tunnel issue in pfsense. Connect with TAC team & problem has resolve. Thanks to Danilo
What do you like best about the product?
IPSEC, OpenVPN and SNORT is an excellent services and userfriendly
What do you dislike about the product?
In my opinion, the Log display is not good.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IPsec tunnel and DDoS attack issue are coming.
All the features you need for a network gateway
What do you like best about the product?
I like that it can run in a VM as well as on dedicated hardware. It's easy to install and you get a GUI to configure everything. The user interface is fairly intuitive and the feature set is very rich.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the extra software modules are not quite up to quality standards of the main software. They tend to be a big buggy at times. Although the frr module works okay, I wish it was a bit more mature.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It works well for remote access and a point-to-point VPN. The OpenVPN implementation is very good and stable. Overall I've had very few support calls when using pfSense as a firewall and gateway.
Solid product
We're using pfsense in AWS for ~80 IPsec tunnels. Works well. Upgrades have been easy and the support team at pfsense have been supportive when we've had questions.
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