We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks PA-Series 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 simplicity of the product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"The next-generation firewall is great."
"Anti-Spam web content filterinG."
"The CLI and GUI do a good job of putting a lot at your fingertips."
"The most valuable feature is the web filter."
"The technical support is great."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The most valuable feature is the interface, which is very user friendly. We are utilizing most of the features, like content filtering. The firewall is powerful."
"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."
"We have been operating here in our lab for several months, and everything appears to be extremely stable."
"The feature I find most valuable, is that the program helped me to realize all the requested functionality that was needed."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"It's more secure and more reliable."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"What I like best about OPNsense is that, as a firewall, it's pretty good. I'm quite impressed with it. I had an excellent experience with OPNsense, which helped me achieve the targets I wanted."
"It has an open license. It works very well, and there is an update every month."
"It offers a seamless transition from one option to another, making it exceptionally versatile and user-friendly in an enterprise setting."
"I like the tool's security and web filtering features."
"Palo Alto blocks the new threats better than other tools."
"It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Comprehensive logging is essential for monitoring and analysis purposes. For remote users, the firewall can be configured as a VPN concentrator, with VPN policies defined within the firewall settings."
"The product's initial setup process was simple."
"It is stable when you set up something and put it into production. Once it works, you don't have other tasks or actions to perform."
"The solution provides good customer support."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"The customization could be improved. Cisco, for example, is much better at this. They need to work to be at least as good as they are."
"The feedback that I have received is that the performance could be better, and the user experience is not as good compared to a previous solution we used. It could be more user-friendly. Of course, it still works fine for our operations."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"I'm not sure if it's something that they already have or are developing something, however, we need some dedicated features for container security."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"The reporting part could be better."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"The product's gateway services can be improved."
"The web interface is slow."
"The interface is complex."
"In future releases, maybe Palo Alto can enhance and enlarge their portfolio with SIEM solutions. They already have an endpoint protection solution, SOAR solution, that's fine. But when it comes to standalone IDS/IPS solution or email security solution, for example, we don't have any product in that category for Palo Alto."
"Compared to other vendors, the solution's community should be strong enough to solve the problems engineers face."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved because it is an expensive solution."
"The product must provide multiple threat detection features."
"Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is complicated to configure compared to one of its competitors."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is ranked 16th in Firewalls with 28 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is rated 8.6. 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 Palo Alto Networks PA-Series writes "Offers trained customer support, stability and ease of use ". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Palo Alto Networks PA-Series is most compared with SonicWall NSa, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and WatchGuard Firebox. See our OPNsense vs. Palo Alto Networks PA-Series report.
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