We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Smoothwall Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ability to work in proxy mode, which other solutions, such as Palo Alto cannot. There are some features that are better that come at no extra license or subscriptions cost, such as basic SD-WAN. The DLT is useful, other solutions have the same feature too, such as Palo Alto."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"Fortinet FortiGate protects against internet-based threats, both internal and external. It is scalable, stable, easy to use, and easy to install."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"Its administrative panel is very intuitive and simple. It is simpler than the other solutions that we had. As an administrator, we are always looking for the easiest solution to manage network policies. We are able to filter everything on our network and also use the VPN feature, which is important these days when people are working remotely during COVID."
"I have found the solution has some great features overall, such as guest access capabilities, dashboards, and ease of use. There is plenty of documentation and support and it has the plugins that I needed."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"It has an open license. It works very well, and there is an update every month."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"It was easy to initially deploy it."
"The user interface could be improved to make it less confusing and easier to set up."
"In the next release, maybe the documentation on how to use this solution could be improved."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"There is a lot of improvement needed with SSL-VPN."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"There should be more technical documentation."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"The interface isn't so friendly user. But we have some technicians here who are quite confident with this tool. OPNSense could maybe add sets of rules so it's simpler to manage different groups with particular needs."
"There is room for improvement in the UI. They can improve it by making it so that everything is in one place, so we don't have to jump around to different pages."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Smoothwall Firewall is ranked 34th in Firewalls with 1 review. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Smoothwall Firewall is rated 9.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Smoothwall Firewall writes "Offers good scalability and monitoring features ". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Smoothwall Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense.
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