Netgate pfSense Plus Firewall/VPN/Router
Netgate | 24.11.0Linux/Unix, FreeBSD 14 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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A versatile cost-effective firewall.
What do you like best about the product?
The strengths of pfSense are its ability to run on various devices and its wide range of dedicated appliances. Also worth mentioning is good community support and the ability to install additional packages, making it a versatile solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
If something doesn't work, then searching for the source of the failure can be tedious. The inability to wrap firewall rules requires long scrolling and perceptiveness.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use pfSense both as a classic firewall and for VPN connections. Depending on the requirements, it works on various devices, including virtualized ones and performs well.
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What do you like best about the product?
open source, free, stable, secure, easy to manage
What do you dislike about the product?
lack of high-quality documentation, lack of essential security features like next-generation firewall capabilities against new threats, unpolite community & support
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Securing home/company networks against cyber threats, providing a secure remote connection.
We use pfsense appliances for almost all our customerswes
What do you like best about the product?
The easy to set GUI helps our team to manage all the features we need to meet our clients needs. is a stable and strong Open source
system with a lot of usefull apps available
system with a lot of usefull apps available
What do you dislike about the product?
The complex and inefective voice qos feature , yo should work on this issue and bring a most eficient way to manage qos for voip
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A low cost and very eficient ipsec /Open vpn solution that helps us benefit our clients
Great Product & Great Support
What do you like best about the product?
Very robust product, easy to use and great support
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing on top of my head, but over al is amazing
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
they keep developing the software to make more secure
sophisticated software platform
What do you like best about the product?
A sophisticated & secure software platform. Easily configurable, yet highly customizable. Support & problem-solving of the support team are unparalleled!
What do you dislike about the product?
User Education & understanding of some terms. There could be better explanation of terms with possible examples given for their use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security, Stability & Reliability
One of the few software products I've used that provides a consistently good experience
What do you like best about the product?
pfSense is a feature-rich and very stable software firewall. We use pfSense on both commodity hardware and Netgate appliances; it works very well on both platforms.
It is available in both an open-source version and as a customized Netgate version; this opens the user base to a larger audience, a plus in a security product.
It is available in both an open-source version and as a customized Netgate version; this opens the user base to a larger audience, a plus in a security product.
What do you dislike about the product?
Occasionally the package versions seem out of sync with the standalone versions of some packages.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We like an integrated firewall, router and VPN product
Why pay annual fees for firewall?
What do you like best about the product?
It is an open source based piece of hardware which is high performance and easy to use.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a fairly steep learning curve before you can use it most effectively.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We needed both a firewall and hardware VPN for performance. This option allows us to do both without having to pay an annual software license fee.
Reliable, feature rich and affordable for SMBs.
What do you like best about the product?
We use pfSense to guard our mission critical VoIP cluster in a remote lights-out data center. The reliability of its "CARP" feature helps us maintain near-zero downtime for our client's phone calls.
What do you dislike about the product?
Netgate does not provide a central management console for pfSense. Managing multiple installations, for example, requires manual remote access, version tracking, backup consolidation and statistic gathering.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The online support community provides both a quick reference for technical issues and an easy path to master the platform. This allows out business to provide a unique solution to our clients.
pfSense is ideal for any network demanding uptime and reliability.
What do you like best about the product?
Uptime is essential with networks we maintain, such as first responders, in addition to security. These requirements are met with no paywall for other features.
What do you dislike about the product?
Updates don't always go smoothly, sometimes requiring being physically present to reset, but support is excellent in those edge cases.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use pfSense to secure our networks, but it's robust enough to work well with almost any other device at endpoints we don't maintain.
The only firewall I would choose
What do you like best about the product?
The interface and menus are built to explain what each setting will do. Having the piece of mind that I can apply a change and what the outcome will be is priceless.
What do you dislike about the product?
Finding packages that enhance the features of pfSense can sometimes be difficult. A great deal of scrutiny is always good, since we are talking about a firewall, but having the more options would be great.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connecting remote offices, securing internal networks, allowing secure remote management and overall making the user experience much more enjoyable when using the internet.
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