We performed a comparison between Check Point NGFW and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The fact that these can be separated and made in different layers provides excellent convenience for the administrators who regulate the rules."
"The information stored in the logs is very descriptive and includes a lot of details."
"Check Point is more expensive but easier to manage, and their presales and after-sale support are way better than Fortinet's."
"It's quite a stable solution."
"We found a very successful implementation of the virtual private network client, since, for some time now, everyone has been working from home."
"HTTP forwarding is something I haven't seen elsewhere."
"Log storage gives us insights when required."
"The VPN tunnels are very effective in terms of stability and quick connection."
"It's more secure and more reliable."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"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."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"It has an open license. It works very well, and there is an update every month."
"The solution has high availability."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"The system in general is quite flexible."
"Check Point can improve a little better in their technical services, especially in the Indian market."
"There is no email security."
"The routing rules and some more network settings should be listed on the Check Point Smart Console instead of GAIA Web GUI."
"Technical support could be improved."
"The product or services can be improved from the cost and the pricing perspective."
"Unfortunately, as is the case with many big companies, new features seem to always be more important than fixing the last little bugs that affect only a minor customer base."
"The upgrading process takes too much time."
"There have been a few requests/issues about the Identity Awareness feature."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"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."
"The reporting part could be better."
Check Point NGFW is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 155 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 7th in Firewalls with 14 reviews. Check Point NGFW is rated 8.8, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Check Point NGFW writes "Scalable with seamless failover capabilities and excellent logging functionality". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Supports high availability, good content filtering capabilities, and ability to protect against various types of malware". Check Point NGFW is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Azure Firewall and Juniper SRX Series Firewall, whereas OPNsense is most compared with pfSense, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos XG, Fortinet FortiGate and WatchGuard Firebox. See our Check Point NGFW vs. OPNsense report.
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