We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Zscaler Cloud Firewall 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 most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"It is a safe product."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"FortiGate's web and URL filtering are unlike any other firewall I've used. The functionality of URL filtering in those solutions is problematic because everything is encrypted, and firewalls can't break that encryption protocol. Fortinet has an SSL proxy, so the encryption is done before the packet ever leaves the FortiGate. The URL filter is definitely one of the most helpful features."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The graphic user interface is very good and it is user-friendly which makes the product easy-to-use."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"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."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"It's open source."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"The scalability is okay. We have around 2200 people using this solution."
"The visibility and log availability offered are highly valued for troubleshooting purposes, and this is a key factor driving customer interest in the firewall module."
"The product’s firewall and VPN package are fantastic compared to any other solution."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall understands the applications in the current generation and adapts to the present generation cloud applications."
"Once you have Zscaler running you have access to configure it however you want."
"It helps a lot of companies to reduce their downtime. Also, It helps businesses in terms of being secured and protected from any threats."
"The solution offers good sandboxing."
"It provides in-depth visibility into your network, ensuring that traffic flowing into your organization, be it from offices or individual users, is effectively filtered and secured through multiple layers of protection."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"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."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The performance and speed are aspects of the solution that could always be improved upon."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"OPNsense showed me some problems when using it in different environments. The problem is integration with a virtual server."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"There are some areas it could improve when it comes to blocking, we have to block some things manually. For example, if we block a top-level domain we have seen that the new IPs come through, the IPs are not blocked. There should be some more granular way of doing it. My only request is if you're blocking something at a top level, the sub-level sub-domains and all those other IPs should be blocked too automatically."
"Data Leak Prevention is only for web filtering and there is no protection for email."
"It would be nice to have some sort of a form factor, a physical form factor perhaps, or virtual machine that you could install on devices or on a cloud, and have some cloud computing."
"When it comes to customer support, there is room for improvement in Zscaler's service."
"Zscaler Cloud Firewall should have a better understanding of all dynamic cloud applications."
"Its technical support services could be better."
"The issue right now is probably that Zscaler is not providing web browser isolation. Another solution, Menlo, offers this. For one customer, we had to send traffic to Menlo to do the isolation for us. It was requested by the customer so that they could integrate any iframe. Zscaler needs to add this type of feature in their next release."
"Pricing is a challenge."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 15 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Zscaler Cloud Firewall is rated 8.4. 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 Zscaler Cloud Firewall writes "A highly stable and comprehensive cloud security and access solution". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Zscaler Cloud Firewall is most compared with Azure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG and Cisco Multicloud Defense. See our OPNsense vs. Zscaler Cloud Firewall report.
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