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Great open source firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Open source professional level firewall. Particularly features like multi-wan and how that is implemented into standard features like NAT etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
Many of the services I would like to run are add on packages not truly part of the system. Those have non-standard configs and interfaces because of it. They can be broken or unstable because of it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Multi-wan internet supplied by multiple ISP's and used directly without most staff even knowing it. Provides various switching and failover methods for bandwidth or times when an ISP is unreliable.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
While I really like this product, I have moved on to a fork of it called OPNSense that I would recommend over pfSense. pfSense a is good product but much has changed with the project and the company behind it. I put them in second place because that is where there software falls based on most usage. Hope their next release release with all the drastic changes announced a couple of years ago will change my mind.
So powerful
What do you like best about the product?
With this product being open source it amazing how powerful the features you get with it and the ability to configure to your needs is great!
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be hard to get the configuration you want at the start but you get there in the end!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Free open source protection for your network what more could you want!
pfSense is a capable and configurable software firewall solution
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense is relatively simple to configure and very powerful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some features are only available with paid pfSense Gold.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Many smaller clients need a firewall but don't necessarily need a full hardware firewall solution. pfSense on a VM is the perfect solution for this situation. pfSense has all the necessary features such as iptables filters, vpn tunnels, etc.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
pfSense may not be as featureful as a SonicWALL but if the advanced features aren't necessary then pfSense can save a lot of time and money. Keep it on its own VM or machine, however.
The one and only firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Many options for configure a free and open source firewall to protect and manage your private cloud
What do you dislike about the product?
Too many options and old style interface (a newer version with new UI is coming)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Full mange of our private cloud
Saved us £100's on a fantastic Router
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense is the ultimate free alternative to a router worth thousands!
It has all of the features most small businesses need.
Its easy to setup and configure as well as being secure and very powerful.
It has all of the features most small businesses need.
Its easy to setup and configure as well as being secure and very powerful.
What do you dislike about the product?
The GUI does look slightly dated although the functionality is ideal.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We avoided spending hundreds on a high end router/firewall by re-purposing retired hardware.
We use pfSense as our main office firewall and for VPN and content filtering.
We use pfSense as our main office firewall and for VPN and content filtering.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Well worth switching to! you will not regret it.
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