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 response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"This is a quality product with ok support, and it is better than the competition we've tried."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"It is a stable solution."
"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."
"It is an easily scalable solution...The initial setup was very easy."
"Gajshiled's enterprise cloud and DLP-level features give it an advantage over other products."
"GajShield has improved our mobile device-based connectivity."
"The solution's outcome is very high, and we often use it in a very high-traffic environment."
"GajShield Next Generation Firewall's best feature is the network DLP."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"The VPN server feature is the most valuable. It is integrated with Radius and AAA for doing accounting and authentication. Insight view is also an important feature for me at this time. It allows me to assess our network traffic. I also like the firewall feature. The BSD kernel has a packet filter. It is one of the most solid frameworks for firewalls. Its user interface is one of the best interfaces I have used."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The graphic user interface is very good and it is user-friendly which makes the product easy-to-use."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"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."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"Stability and technical support are the two major issues I have found with Fortinet."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"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."
"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."
"We raised a support ticket, and the project didn't get a proper response. There was a skill issue in TAC support."
"Gajshield can improve SD-WAN compatibility at an enterprise cloud level."
"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."
"We face issues with some configuration parts that we don't understand in the solution, and sometimes we face issues with the VPN connection."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"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."
"Given that OPNsense plays a pivotal role as a firewall, safeguarding against various threats, having a reliable backup ensures uninterrupted protection even if unforeseen events impact the primary virtual machine."
"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."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
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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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