Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Incredible support
What do you like best about the product?
The documentation is incredibly detailed, and easy to follow. Everything just works. Any snags I've run into have been quickly resolved. Setup is super easy, and the capabilites are well beyond what I imagined
What do you dislike about the product?
I have yet to find anything I dislike. The application has been perfect for our environment
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The business culture in this area is hesitant to spend money. Trying to sell a "Brand Name" firewall and subscription for 3x the price and the same capabilites would have been impossible
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One stop shopping for most small to mid sized applications
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use, Sense of security, and lots of add-on's to grow into later on. Configuration is relatively easy once you learn what its about and have some hands on experience.
What do you dislike about the product?
Updates happen about 3x per year and Im not sure if that is enough in todays environment.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Separating VLan traffic and filtering that traffic
Like pfSense software a lot
What do you like best about the product?
I like its flexibility and, for me at least, logical layout.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be a little complex, but that's the nature of networking. I moved away from using a Unifi USG because of its lack of flexibility, so a little complexity is the price one must pay. I prefer that over the more cookbook approach that Unifi takes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Flexibly manage traffic among a set of VLANs and connect to two other sites and our AWS cloud servers and apps.
It is the best router/firewall one can have either at home/small office or even large corporations!
What do you like best about the product?
It is simple, stable and versatile! Also their support is fast and reliable!
Security is top-notch and it offers anything I would like to have in a router!
Security is top-notch and it offers anything I would like to have in a router!
What do you dislike about the product?
The price if I may say so, I am a home user for my personal usage and the price is outta my league but I love the software and I will re-adjust my personal needs just to keep my subscription active <3
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A lot of different VPN implementations, pfblockerng to block even contintents out of my game servers that I want to keep avail only in EU and North America.
The only firewall appliance I use since 2010
What do you like best about the product?
Easily configure complex network scenarios
What do you dislike about the product?
PPoE support is not good for low-end hardware and fiber configurations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network management
Great Hard- and Software and super fast support
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use, easy to maintain und no problems at all
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes the UI seems a little bit old fashioned
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connectin different sites and provide homeoffice
Great product with exceptional support
What do you like best about the product?
- pfBlocker with advanced firewall features
- DNS resolver with Unbound
- advanced network segmentation (sorry, but we need something in addition for that)
- certificate management with LetsEncrypt and acme
- advanced HAproxy capabilities (we need secure access, right?)
- advanced IDP/IDS features, like suricata (although some argue about it usefulness, but better to try it first personally and then judge).
- squid. Everyone loves Squid.
- exceptional technical support
- DNS resolver with Unbound
- advanced network segmentation (sorry, but we need something in addition for that)
- certificate management with LetsEncrypt and acme
- advanced HAproxy capabilities (we need secure access, right?)
- advanced IDP/IDS features, like suricata (although some argue about it usefulness, but better to try it first personally and then judge).
- squid. Everyone loves Squid.
- exceptional technical support
What do you dislike about the product?
traffic balancing and automated failover.
It's not that I don't like it, but I wish the installation was a little easier, let's take UDM pro as an example.
It's not that I don't like it, but I wish the installation was a little easier, let's take UDM pro as an example.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tech infrastructure is no longer “not our business.” Needless to say, the cornerstone of any infrastructure is the gateway, preferably an enterprise-grade one. And "enterprise grade" doesn't mean we have to break the bank to get Aruba or Cisco for our home lab. Netgate with pfSense+ is an affordable enterprise alternative that allows you to experience most of the features required by demanding customers, asking for enhanced protection of their OCP/K8s clusters
Great appliance with great support
What do you like best about the product?
It's a very efficient firewall and network management platform. I much better protected with this than with my ISP's router. Give me a lot more flexibility on how I want to segment my network. The TAC Lite support that comes with the appliance is great, the team is very fast to respond and resolve issues almost always on the first email.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's a bit complicated to setup but with some good research it's easy to find answers. There is a great community supporting it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Achieve proper security with the increasing number of smart wifi devices on networks. I want to keep my personal devices secure and make sure my smart home doesn't turn on me ;)
Open source and can be managed easily
What do you like best about the product?
Customer support and the product information in website
What do you dislike about the product?
Some packages are tough to run on 1 GB devices. Maybe some lighter version of package need to be developed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am using 1100, for a 50 number of user it is managing my network effeciently
Robust hardware with state-of-the-art software
What do you like best about the product?
Fast, reliable hardware with always up-to-date feature rich software.
What do you dislike about the product?
not widely promoted or available in my region (to be specific in Malaysia/South East Asia).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Over the years I have used various open source softwares with PC and Server hardware but was disappointed with difficult to learn software, not enough community support, lack of features and updates. Until I discovered Netgate pfsense by watching Tom's videos on Youtube (Lawrence Systems). I was influenced by Tom and how he reviewed the product, so I searched and found a local vendor selling the product.
I replaced my old hardware and software with Netgate 6100 appliance, I use it in a multi WAN enviornment supporting about 30+ users on LAN.
Netgate always provides timely updates and support is top notch.
I replaced my old hardware and software with Netgate 6100 appliance, I use it in a multi WAN enviornment supporting about 30+ users on LAN.
Netgate always provides timely updates and support is top notch.
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