We performed a comparison between CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Netgate pfSense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about CyberArk, Delinea, BeyondTrust and others in Privileged Access Management (PAM)."CyberArk has allowed us to get the credentials and passwords out of hard-coded property files."
"The most valuable feature is Special Monitoring."
"It enables companies to automate password management on target systems gaining a more secure access management approach."
"The ability to develop and deploy applications with no stored secrets is very valuable."
"It is a single tool that isolates possible kinds of malware. You get lateral movement blocking and auditing information, e.g., you know who is doing what. You are getting protections from the service as well as a useful environment. All your admins can easily go in and out of your company while accessing your servers in a secure way, even if they are working abroad."
"The biggest feature is the security of the overall solution. It's very secure. The vaulting technology and the number of security layers involved in the vault, where privileged accounts are actually stored, is the heart of the solution."
"I like the integrations for external applications."
"We are able to centrally manage credentials, touch applications, and rotate passwords."
"The ability to create a VPN allows me to monitor branch offices from a central location."
"Routing, load balancing, Traffic Limiter and queues. Since this company relies on an Internet connection, having these features is a must."
"Is good at blocking IP addresses."
"Firewall system for small, medium, and large data networks. It allows you to provide security to your environment: DMZ networks, LAN, WAN, etc."
"I had some outages in the network and we provide services for our company. We sell mobile credits. The terminal gets access to our own server inside the network and if one internet fails, then the other one is still up and we have a back-up link on the devices."
"I have found pfSense to be stable."
"The initial setup was straightforward, therefore I wanted to continue using the product."
"The tools' most valuable feature is load balancing."
"We don't often contact technical support, but when we do it, the response could be faster and better."
"If there is an area that has room for improvement, it's probably working with their support and getting people on the phone. That is hard to do with most products in general, but that seems to be the difficult area. The product is fantastic, but sometimes we want somebody on the phone."
"CyberArk Privileged Access Manager could improve the integration with other solutions and ease of use. Additionally, there should be a feature to have remote connections without a VPN."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model."
"If we could have some kind of out-of-the box feature that you can simply say "no" so they don't have to go into a development mode, that would a really helpful feature."
"The initial setup has room for improvement to be more straightforward."
"The initial setup of CyberArk is a challenge if you do not have prior experience with it."
"Performance of PIM could be better and intended for usability as well as security."
"My only observation is about the quality of the IPSec logs, which are difficult to interpret and are poor in filters."
"pfSense is not user-friendly. I hope to have something to make the interfaces more user-friendly."
"It should integrate with LDAP, Active Directory, etc, to improve the way in which the traces and connections of each IP, or user connected through the firewall, are shown."
"The integration should be improved."
"The technical support needs to be improved."
"It needs to be more secure."
"The main problem with pfSense is that we have to use proxy solutions."
"ClamAV AntiVirus can cause some crashes. That service should be improved."
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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is ranked 1st in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 142 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is rated 8.8, while Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager writes "Lets you ensure relevant, compliant access in good time and with an audit trail, yet lacks clarity on MITRE ATT&CK". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Entra ID, Delinea Secret Server, WALLIX Bastion and One Identity Safeguard, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and KerioControl.
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