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."This product is definitely scalable."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The security on offer is very good."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The technical support is very good."
"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."
"We can open a new VPN connection easily. It's much easier than with Fortinet in our experience."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"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 system in general is quite flexible."
"The most effective feature of WildFire for threat analysis is its collaboration with other security profiles on our Palo Alto firewall."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"The most valuable features are all of the security features in terms of protection and SSL and VPN."
"The most valuable feature of Palo Alto Networks WildFire is its ability to adapt to environments and its robustness."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"Whole team can use the firewall and understand it."
"The most valuable feature is the Automatic Verdict, to recognize whether something is a threat, or not."
"Remote access is excellent."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"The inability to scale the FortiAnalyzer to match our growth necessitates the purchase of new hardware."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"A lack of integration between our data centers."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Backup can be improved."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"The interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"I think the most important thing is that it should be easily accessible, but currently, that doesn't seem to be the case. We need a hardware platform that's based on common standards and open computing principles, which would be like a commodity and benefit us greatly."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"The configuration should be made a little bit easier. I understand why it is as it is, but there should be a way to make it easier from the user side."
"The product's false positive logs could be more user-friendly to understand. They could provide examples of precious cases to learn."
"I would like to see them continue on their developmental roadmap for the product."
"The GUI is better in 8.0, but I still feel it lacks the fast response most of us desire. Logs are much quicker."
"The global product feature needs improvement, the VPN, and we need some enhanced features."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The free version does not have real-time updates. It is slow."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
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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