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Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router

Netgate | 24.03.0

Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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    JAIME FRANCISCO M.

Execlente

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
La modularidad de sus funciones y opciones de seguridad que se adaptan a una gran variedad de entornos ya sea enpresariales o domesticos, permitiendo su implementacion
What do you dislike about the product?
Que no cuenta con un soporte actualizado para cuando utilizar el modulos de filtrado de contenido, los cuales osn muy necesarios en la actualidad, creo que es una area de oportunidad.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Seguridad a nivel de firewall, filtrado de contenido, enrutamiento de redes con VLANS, control de acceso a internet y regulacion de ancho de banda, asi como gesntiosn de servicios wireless


    Computer & Network Security

great interface and many features available

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Easy interface, easy to configure. I'm using the firewall and HA proxy.stability. no crashes sofar with 2.6 version. Certificate management is easy to handle. there should be an SSL vpn portal.
What do you dislike about the product?
No OTP on different reverse proxy pages. No SSL portal for ssl applications to serve. An ssl portal i installed it from sophos with pfsense as front page , just to offer ssl vpn ( clientless).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
At first a firewall to which filters good to my expectation. I configured HA proxy with Outlook and web sites with this tool. To get an secure connection i use Let's encrypt and the cert's can be managed by pfsense.


    Carlo H.

A firewall that does what we need with a great knowledgebase behind it

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The WebGui makes it possible to config almost everything without using a terminal
What do you dislike about the product?
The initially high purchase price. But is it actually big deal? I think not.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
If you have a Netgate without an internal switch the vlan configuration is easy to understand.
Complex firewall rules without GUI, DNS resolving, IDS, nTop and VPN configurations are quickly done. And there are actual people with knowledge out there you can hire.


    Andrei R.

Reviewing my experience with PFSense and Netgate

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The features of the product, the ability to use add-on packages.
The flexibility that PFSense offers compared to other products.
Netgate appliances
What do you dislike about the product?
The documentation for some features is not really the best.
Slow updates on some packages.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Not having the need to run separate boxes (e.g. reverse proxy + router)
Super-clear network monitoring tools


    Michael P.

Very flexible and easy to setup

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Not being restricted in what you can setup. Easy to find help online.
What do you dislike about the product?
Can be a little confusing at first. But using eg. videos from Lawrence Systems helps a lot
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I need to be able to use policy based vpn routing. This makes it very easy to use the appropriate vpn for my different devices and/or use cases


    Miroslaw H.

All features in one place

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
So far I have not found a feature that is missing. Jan helped me realize many new functions.
It is very intuitively managed.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't have antivirus features.
It is a pity that there are no new versions for 32 bit machines.
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I can't send a dashboard screenshot.
This feature does not work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
He provided us with stable work and VPN tunnels for remote work during the pandemic.


    Computer Networking

Swiss army knife

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Wide range of packages allow for providing all network services from a single device. This avoids having to set up multiple systems
What do you dislike about the product?
The database files easily get corrupted during a power outage
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allows us to run a wide range of network services in areas where we keep the hardware footprint limited


    Hongtan C.

Pfsense is the method if you would like to go crazy on networking

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Customization: being able to implement almost anything imaginable in any kinds of computer networking environment without a ton of costs.
Community: there's plenty of resources in the official forums and documentation that'll help you build your project, diagnose problems, and debug the system.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Netgate system isn't stable. When operating with a few essential packages such as pfblockerng, snort, wireguard and etc. The unbound package has tons of issues, and it's very unstable and will often crash when pfblockerng is undergoing a cron job. Even though the Service Watch dog could potentially restart services, unbound still wouldn't fix itself after a crash without a time-consuming human intervention.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Pfsense allows me to profile my home and office networks, interact with interfaces remotely through VPNs, filter advertisements and a wide variety of web contents of my choice, and mitigate attacks targeted to servers that are sitting behind the firewalls.


    Jason M.

Reliable, secure, well documented, and open source

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
- A large community of open-source developers.
- It's incredibly reliable.
- Default deployment has a small attack surface.
- Has plenty of online documentation from various sources.
- Most configuration is done in the GUI, making learning more accessible.
- A private company sponsors development.
What do you dislike about the product?
- Various minor bugs limit the PPPoE settings and connections over VLANs.
- A private company pushes forward development. This has a questionable future for open-source updates.
- No easy central management of multiple deployments.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- Reliability of software makes it easy to diagnose faults elsewhere.
- Long-term development.
- Security is the highest priority in software updates.
- The configuration is exceptionally flexible.


    Mohammad Awis R.

pfSense for SME office

  • October 28, 2022
  • Review verified by G2

What do you like best about the product?
The VPN feature, able to use it without the restriction numbers of user like normal OpenVPN server.
What do you dislike about the product?
For me, the firewall rules part is a bit confusing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure remote access to office environment, I am able to manage in house infra without the need to open a lot of ports on the firewall level.