We performed a comparison between Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"It has very easy management and an amazing ETM configuration."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are it is one of the most mature firewalls in the UTM bundle."
"FortiGate is very simple to manage and easy to use."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The solution is scalable."
"This version is stable. I don't have any issues with this solution, in our environment, it works well."
"Phish Blocker is a valuable feature."
"We like the fact that the product is open-source. It's free to use. There are no costs associated with it."
"The most valuable feature, for instance, is the ease of migrating configurations between different Netgate devices housed in the same box."
"The tools' most valuable feature is load balancing."
"The classic features such as content inspection, content protection, and the application-level firewall, are the most important."
"The most valuable features of pfSense are the reports, monitoring, filtration, and blocking incoming and outgoing traffic."
"The flexibility of adding new kinds of services without spending any money can't be beaten."
"The documentation is very good."
"This solution has increased the level of security, given us more control, provided a deep insight into network traffic, and is a great VPN solution."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"Fortinet should focus on enhancing the capabilities of FortiGate by consolidating its various products, such as FortiGate Cloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"The stability could be a bit better."
"The documentation is not clear."
"Lacks instructional videos."
"When I checked other packages, it seems they use different tools that are installed on the PSS for functionality. They rely on third-party tools, unlike Fortinet, for example, which has its own tools. In comparison, we also use third-party tools on pfSense. For example, we had a situation where we needed a tool to identify authorized users, and when I searched for a solution, I found a third-party tool. However, using such tools may come with additional costs."
"This solution is good for small businesses but it is not as stable as other competitors such as Fortinet."
"Adjustment in the interfaces: I had to adjust those interfaces manually and of course that is a great feature that you can restore it but it is immediately also one point for improvement. If you don't have to adjust, if it's just stamped and it works, that's great."
"The integration should be improved."
"The interface is not very shiny and attractive."
"The router monitoring needs improvement when compared with Sonicwall."
"The usage reports can be better."
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Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is ranked 37th in Firewalls with 1 review while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is rated 7.0, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall writes "The solution is stable and affordable, but the documentation is not clear, and it takes a lot of research to implement it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Arista Edge Threat Management NG Firewall is most compared with , whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall.
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