Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 23.09.1Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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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.
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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
Great devices
What do you like best about the product?
Netgate's pfsense devices are robust being based on FreeBSD. And if for some reason something goes wrong you have a rapid netgate support department to help turn things to the better.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't see any major downsides. If one, I liked the metal casings of their smaller models better.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure access while still having a simple firewall setup you can explain to any first line of support employee
Great Firewall with plenty of options
What do you like best about the product?
The UIS is easy touse and has tons of options.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is 2 option that is missing and would be greate to have
- 2FA
- UDP proxy (for NTP and DNS)
- 2FA
- UDP proxy (for NTP and DNS)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cost and easy to use, IPSec and normal VPN
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.
Great product, great support
What do you like best about the product?
As MSP, we rely on pfSense and Netgate in many scenarios. Of all the pfSense deployments we have, we are maybe 50-50 on the Netgate Hardware vs. our own phisical/virtual appliances. It is just so versatile and we can deploy it easily in any oocasion, on demand. Software and its capabilities is no doubt one of the biggest reasons we stick with it but Netgate's amazing support is definitely the reason we keep coming back. I don't think I had a ticket wait more than one hour for a response even for devices without valid support contracts. I also rarely need to exchange messages with the support more than twice per incident. I am truly amazed by their knowledge of the product(s) they are supporting.
What do you dislike about the product?
Centralized management and high availability could get tricky at times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Remote access. site to site connectivity
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