Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.03.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Great firewall security appliance
What do you like best about the product?
The cost of getting a pfsense firewall (with expert support) is considerably less that what it costs to adopt a cisco or palo alto device. The available addon software packages included with pfsense (suricata, snort, etc) make pfsense a complete security system fw+IDS for businesses of any size. My feeling is that pfsense will continue to become even better as it matures.
What do you dislike about the product?
The only thing I would change about pfsense is that the hardware that it runs on. I think that it would be great if pfsense appliances whould ship with more robust CPU and RAM in the future, to make these appliances even more competitive in the enterprise markets.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have used pfsense to build ipsec point to point tunnels between our offices and also as a VPN concentrator for mobile and home users. Pfsense has work great for how we use it.
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I'm using it since 2015
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to operate and manage. Not expert knowledge is required. A lot of addons avaiable. High stability. easy to deployment and extend security. easy monitoring in cluded.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes when somethins is wrong deep troubleshooting is needed. There is lack of cleaning procedure, of failure services, to easiest reinstall services, and addons
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Trustfull gateway, remote access by vpn. anti-virus scan improve feeling that we did what we could to protect us. Last time, blocking Geo-IP from dangerous regions.
Great UTM! Highly recommended
What do you like best about the product?
Modular design. Not only is the software robust and secure in its stock configuration, with the use of packages you can do much much more.
What do you dislike about the product?
If you are unfamiliar with the UI it can take some time to get used to. I'm still discovering extra functions of the UI to this day. (i.e the anchor button)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
This level of security, either for free or at a very reasonable price, is a major factor in being able to secure business assets.
An absolute nightmare to configure. Returned my Netgate 1100.
What do you like best about the product?
Support was amazing. My netgate bricked itself upon reboot and they re-flashed it through remote support.
What do you dislike about the product?
It bricked itself on a reboot.
It is impossible to configure. Devices intermittently had internet access even with only the most basic features enabled.
It is impossible to configure. Devices intermittently had internet access even with only the most basic features enabled.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
None. I returned it. I wanted a non-big brand solution for security and, ideally, traffic shaping.
Powerful & affordable/free firewall and network management system
What do you like best about the product?
PfSense offers an advanced, intuitive firewall with highly sophisticated and customisable network tools to effectively manage and protect one or more network properly.
What do you dislike about the product?
The system could be complicated for beginners and intermediate users, but good videos are available online to help beginners and novice users. Additional add-ons would have been nice, especially for home and small business users who cannot afford separate systems or hardware-based systems. Tools to assess issues and challenges, e.g. throughput & latency, up or downstream.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
pfSense is a comprehensive firewall- and network management system at an affordable price. pfSense competes well against costly hardware firewall systems with even less functionality. pfSense is one of a few advanced firewall and network management systems that home users can use for free. pfSense integrates all the functionality of a firewall, network management and other tools into one system. It enables a small to medium enterprise's user- or network administrator to guard against cyber attacks. End device management is also part of pfSense. pfSense can manage access to certain features and (or) websites and services that could expose a business to security issues.
A great resource
What do you like best about the product?
Easy setup.
Easy to use.
Great resources.
Easy to use.
Great resources.
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be a bit tricky to get the firewall configured correctly.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is replacing 2 units, routers and firewall.
Space saving and easier to manage in only one interface.
Space saving and easier to manage in only one interface.
Full featured and rock solid
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense includes a ton of functionality and extensibility that work great for enterprises and home users alike. pfBlocker is great for minimizing the number of ads I'm subjected to.
What do you dislike about the product?
pfSense has a bit of a learning curve. As with all things, with options comes complexity. Sometimes digging into deep system tuning settings is challenging. For most use cases with adequate system specs this may not be much of an issue.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
pfSense provides rock solid routing and network services. My internal customers have performant, dependable internet connectivity. And happy users mean my life is happy.
For a professional work at home user with complex "work lab" requirements.
What do you like best about the product?
I do a mix of work and personal tasks, keeping my network organized, connected where it should and not where it shouldn't be, as well as secure overall is a must. It couldn't be easier with pfSense. The firewall is so easy to manipulate. The built-in WireGuard VPN support is fantastic. Any questions I ever have are always answered in the user communities (before I even ask them). Seamless support for HAProxy, pfBlockerNG, and Acme make complex configurations a breeze.
What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly, I can't think of anything. I swear!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Network segmentation and just the right amount of interoperation.
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.
Best Enterprise grade Home/SMB firewall
What do you like best about the product?
Packages that allow filtering ads and protection from external attacks
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the apps like pfBlockerng are as add-on packages, it would be nice to have them integrated into the OS
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Replacing the router with a firewall
2. Wider option to isolate/setup different networks/setups
3. WOL
4.Statistics
5. Gateway monitoring
& the list goes on
2. Wider option to isolate/setup different networks/setups
3. WOL
4.Statistics
5. Gateway monitoring
& the list goes on
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