We performed a comparison between Comodo Dome Firewall [EOL] and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and the UI. It has always provided me with what I needed. I have no need for additional costs that other solutions have, such as Sophos."
"The most important features with FortiGate are the web filter and application controls. We can control our internet usage and use the web filter for application purposes."
"We have been able to offer several services to customers in a single box."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"Fortinet has a very good solution for Secure SD-WAN. One very good feature is that they have robust and simple FortiOS through which they provide all solutions. That's their strength. There's not much complexity involved with the Secure SD-WAN solution of Fortinet as compared to Cisco's solution, which has a lot of flexibility but complexity also comes with that flexibility."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"This solution is user-friendly."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"It's open source."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"The most valuable features of OPNsense are the GUI and frequent updates."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"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."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"Reporting is limited to providing an external appliance for improving the reporting capabilities of the FortiAnalyzer. It does not offer a central management and is also sold separably as an appliance."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"It should come integrated or have its own type of network monitor tool in a module. There should just be one package, and you are good to go."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"It would be ideal if they had some sort of GUI interface for troubleshooting and diagnostics."
"It needs more available central management."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"I haven't seen any feature that will allow me direct authentication for a VPN solution."
"They should improve IPEs for security in the future."
"You will need additional training before you can actually start to use it."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"Its interface should be a little bit better."
"Given that OPNsense plays a pivotal role as a firewall, safeguarding against various threats, having a reliable backup ensures uninterrupted protection even if unforeseen events impact the primary virtual machine."
"The user interface could be improved, and the DNS section should be more intuitive."
"The solution would not be suitable for anything large-scale."
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Comodo Dome Firewall [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Firewalls while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Comodo Dome Firewall [EOL] is rated 8.0, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Comodo Dome Firewall [EOL] writes "User-Friendly, improves security, and gives me more control over my VoIP". On the other hand, 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". Comodo Dome Firewall [EOL] is most compared with , whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire.
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