We performed a comparison between OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are remote access, web filtering, and IPS."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"What I like the most is the configuration and that it's simple, and straightforward to maintain."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Fortinet FortiGate is scalable for our users. Right now, we have almost 70 users. We do not have any plan to increase our usage of FortiGate. For maintaining the firewall solution, one staff member is enough."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The solution has high availability."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"The technical support is very good."
"What I like the most about OPNsense is that it offers an easy-to-use dashboard for device management and control."
"The initial implementation process is simple."
"For example, if a security Intel threat talks about an IOC. We can then go to our MSP and say, "Is there a signature for this particular type of malware that just came out?" And if they'll say yes, then we'll say, "Okay. Does it apply to these firewalls? And have we seen any hits on it?" There's absolutely value in it."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks WildFire is its ability to adapt to environments and its robustness."
"Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones has improved my organization."
"The cloud-based services are a nice feature."
"The solution is scalable."
"Being an application-based firewall, this is one of the critical focus factors along with the threat prevention services it provides."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"Fortigate's hardware capacities could be improved."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"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."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"I would suggest that Fortinet add sandboxing to their solution."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"The only thing that I would like to see improved is the Insight or the NetFlow analysis part. It would be good to have the possibility to dig down on the Insight platform. Right now, we can easily do only a few analyses. If this page becomes more powerful, it surely will be a well-adopted platform."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"When using the solution at the beginning was difficult. There was a steep learning curve."
"The reporting part could be better."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"The size of Palo Alto's cloud is big but it could be easier to use from a product management perspective."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way to install and deploy it, such as through the inclusion of wizards."
"The cost of the solution is excessively high."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"Other vendors have some sort of bandwidth management built into the firewall itself and Palo Alto is missing that."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. OPNsense is rated 8.4, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire 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 Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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