Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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The best Firewall in the market
What do you like best about the product?
The fact that the product is in the prodiction for long time and its origins are in the opensource. I use in the infant stage when the name was m0n0wall. Then the product grew and convert to pfsense and now witht he appliances that are the best option for the enterprises. The fact that you can add packages and all those is being maintined and you see the improvement version by version.
What do you dislike about the product?
I only see one issue with pfsense. This is the lack of MFA to administer the GUI. We have the radius that works well in the user validation for VPN and WiFi; but still not MFA for the admin. You can have your admin network and limit where the administrators log in, but still is missing that. The big issue is that some Cyber insurance companies are requesting that like a must in any appliance and the fact that there is nothing makes the system not in compliance. This is not complex to deploy on PFSense. Every day I see more and more companies asking for it and basically there is not a good reponse on this matter. I really would like this to be coming in the product in the next release. Right now over EU and North America we have a lot of companies pushing for this on their devices. This is something that I belive should be addressed with a level of High Importance. I have customer close to change platforms because somethign that is so basic for them is not there.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
PFSense is an excellent Firewall. It has good packages to secure your operations. IDS/IPS, pfBlocker are some of the best must install in all our deployments. VPN offers a good way to connect networks and people. I think product today is in a good stage of development and it has to continue with the improvemet and features that is showing the advantages that is has over its alternatives.
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Versatile Software & Reliable Support
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense is incredibly stable & reliable. I enjoy the monitoring capabilties the most as a network engineer at a home automation & networking company. They are great for disputing service issues with ISPs.
If there are to be issues, support is quick to respond & give you a helping hand. We've had most of our issues resolved within a few emails.
If there are to be issues, support is quick to respond & give you a helping hand. We've had most of our issues resolved within a few emails.
What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly, I do not see many downsides to using pfSense. If you are exploring pfSense, you are likely a network admin/engineer or a more advanced end user. So while I would not call pfSense beginner-friendly, I would imagine that is obvious.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Not so much problems, but needs:
- VPN for remote staff & remote access in general.
- Firewall is reliable & not horrible to set up.
- AD/LDAP integration.
- Swift access through firewall & VPN. Speed is not compromised severly like it is with other brands we have used.
- **Versatility/Customization!** We have used pfSense in completely isolated systems solely to bring together IP-based security systems. We have also used pfSense for office networks with many VLANs, advanced firewall needs, VPN access, etc. For monitoring services with our service contract clients with residences filled with home automation (Savant, Crestron, Control4, etc.), we have used pfSense in the past, too. We are actually planning to bring them back for our new clients who ask for monitoring as we have yet to find another router/software capable of pfSense's accuracy & reliability.
- VPN for remote staff & remote access in general.
- Firewall is reliable & not horrible to set up.
- AD/LDAP integration.
- Swift access through firewall & VPN. Speed is not compromised severly like it is with other brands we have used.
- **Versatility/Customization!** We have used pfSense in completely isolated systems solely to bring together IP-based security systems. We have also used pfSense for office networks with many VLANs, advanced firewall needs, VPN access, etc. For monitoring services with our service contract clients with residences filled with home automation (Savant, Crestron, Control4, etc.), we have used pfSense in the past, too. We are actually planning to bring them back for our new clients who ask for monitoring as we have yet to find another router/software capable of pfSense's accuracy & reliability.
Excellent Software and Hardware. Amazing support.
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy to implement and maintain. Hardware is solid with the newer generation of devices. Being open-source is a plus, and the ability to enable specialized lists for security is fantastic.
What do you dislike about the product?
The use of eMMC is a little confusing. I understand the use of it for small devices, but for the larger devices for business, it seems to have a high failure rate.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ability to connect multiple locations with multiple remote workers in a safe a secure manner. Ability to keep track of devices connecting to our networks and to segment particular users and devices.
Solid enterprise solution
What do you like best about the product?
Simple use for basic needs as well as vast depths to fine tune and secure infastructure.
What do you dislike about the product?
Reliance on 3rd party utilities (pfBlockerNG for example)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solutined as a replacement/upgrade for older Sonicwall appliances.
Various remote user connections (OpenVPN)
Site to site connections (IPSec)
Exposing some web services to external (HAProxy)
Various remote user connections (OpenVPN)
Site to site connections (IPSec)
Exposing some web services to external (HAProxy)
Support
What do you like best about the product?
The support is absolutely very good in many ways.
1- The community is fantastic.
2- The pfSense documentation is extensive and thorough
3- The business support model is fantastic by its availability and openness
(We bought a TAC enterprise contract and find, it is of really very good value).
1- The community is fantastic.
2- The pfSense documentation is extensive and thorough
3- The business support model is fantastic by its availability and openness
(We bought a TAC enterprise contract and find, it is of really very good value).
What do you dislike about the product?
Even though the WebGUI is well organized and very descriptive it falls short of describing the full aspects of parameters and their incidences.
It would be great if it could be linked to the documentation or a wiki or even specific forum posts.
It would be great if it could be linked to the documentation or a wiki or even specific forum posts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Routing and network management
Good support and good performances
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of Use and number of packages available.
What do you dislike about the product?
Hardware requirements may be restrictive sometimes
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network security for remote access and management
Ótima
What do you like best about the product?
Fácil de administrar com segurança, aplicando regras de acesso e bloqueio, fazendo o papel ideal de Firewall e conexões entre unidades, monitorando links e acessos, erros e falhas.
What do you dislike about the product?
Interface não é agradável, poderíamos melhorar com mais facilidade de acesso as opções do mesmo, como um software livre, poderia liberar personalizações específicas para empresas
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Diminuir custos com servidores e conexões com dispositivoa, facilitando o acesso a rede.
Acessar dispositivos por interface web sem precisar deslocar até a unidade, economizando tempo e dinheiro.
Acessar dispositivos por interface web sem precisar deslocar até a unidade, economizando tempo e dinheiro.
Excellent Firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Can use own hardware with such a good firewall platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
Pfsense is not for novice web users. Please make sure you have a good understanding of network protocals and firewall technology.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Heavily rely on haproxy for access to my internal resources. Also use openvpn for vlan routing through tunnel for geo network considerations.
pfSense has been the best option I could have chosen.
What do you like best about the product?
It has been easy to use and setup. pfSense has easy tutorials to follow for creating firewall rules.
What do you dislike about the product?
The hardest thing is trying to get the "A" record working to use hostnames in looking up endpoints. I have not been able to figure this out and get it working.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have been able to use the OpenVPN, and now are able to switch over to a ZTNA option: Tailscale. Remote work was/is a major consideration.
Best firewall at low cost.
What do you like best about the product?
Well used packages with input from my peers about how to operate.
What do you dislike about the product?
Support can be slow. But always gives correct answers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure vpn using industry standards.
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