We performed a comparison between GajShield Next Generation Firewall and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"The solution is stable."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is good to use, and most importantly, the pricing. The customer especially likes the discount when they trade up or something like that."
"The threat prevention is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"Good performance, stability, and virtual domain ability."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"It is a stable solution."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"The most valuable feature of the GajShield Next Generation Firewall is the user-friendly settings, dashboards, and anti-threat protection. Additionally, the solution upgrades frequently which is good because we receive new features."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"It has an open license. It works very well, and there is an update every month."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"It needs more available central management."
"There are SD-WAN network monitoring, SD-WAN features, Industrial Databases, Internet of Things, Detection, etc., however, we do have not licenses for those features. We thought that if you bought a product, you should have all of the features it offers. Why should you need to make so many extra purchases to enable features? They should have one price for the entire offering."
"The room for improvement is about the global delivery time period. Usually I need to wait for almost one month to deliver it overseas. So if you can shorten the deliver time it'd be great."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall could improve the flow of the settings. If somebody's using a Cisco firewall or any other brand and they want to use GajShield Next Generation Firewall the platform's UI is a bit different. If it was more similar to the others it would be better."
"The firewall configuration and administration screens could use some improvement."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall would be improved with the addition of a load-balancing feature."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"Sometimes, we have to use SD-WAN support for the solution, which can be improved by adapting some features that will help our approach to network services."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"The solution could be more secure."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"The scalability needs improvement."
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GajShield Next Generation Firewall is ranked 30th in Firewalls with 7 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. GajShield Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.8, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of GajShield Next Generation Firewall writes "User-friendly settings, frequent updates, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". GajShield Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Sophos XG, WiJungle and Netgate pfSense, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our GajShield Next Generation Firewall vs. OPNsense report.
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