User Reviews of Cisco IOS Security & Netgate pfSense

Updated June 2025

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Cisco IOS Security review

Karthik Venkataraman
Karthik Venkataraman
Senior Consultant at Velocis Systems
User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues
Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward. From a networking perspective, for instance, Cisco IOS...
Netgate pfSense review

Jean-Pierre DAREYS
Jean-Pierre DAREYS
Director, Latin America at Bradmark Technologies, Inc.
Easy to use, configurable, flexible, excellent user group support
I'm not knowledgeable enough to suggest new features. The use has been very straightforward. Whatever questions I've had, I've found videos to help me on YouTube, or I've been able to ask the forums. I've also reached out to technical support and I've received help although there could be more videos or tutorials from Netgate, in addition...

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