We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security 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."Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is the simple configuration."
"The technical is excellent."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"The VPN was valuable for us because more people are working from home. It has a lot of reporting and easy-to-use management tools."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability. The nice thing with the bigger vendors is that they're very good at scale."
"One of the valuable features of the solution is its flexibility and it performs great."
"The technical support is good."
"The most valuable features of Cisco IOS Security are the plenty of functionality it provides, many people are IT certified the usage, and the user interface is good."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The technical support is very good."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"The most valuable features are reporting, the Sensei plugin, and firewall capabilities."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"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."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"There are some complex administration tasks in their administration portal. That needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement related to the logging and reporting aspect."
"Backup can be improved."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"They have to just improve its performance when we enable all UTM features. When you enable all the features, the performance of FortiGate, as well as of Sophos and SonicWall, goes down."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"We cannot directly upgrade the system. The tool's deployment is also very difficult in legacy environments. The tool needs to have bigger ports as well."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"The graphical user interface or the GUI could be better. Beginners can use some devices with the GUI, but some security devices are configured using CLI. It would also be better if it had its own Intrusion Protection Service and Intrusion Detection Service on the server."
"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"I would like better documentation concerning the provided packages and their integration."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"The support for OPNsense is good because we have documents available on the internet. The support could improve a little."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Good interface and firewall capabilities and overall easy to use". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. OPNsense report.
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