We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS 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."Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"The dashboard I have found the most valuable in Fortinet FortiGate."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"It's an easy solution to set up."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"I personally think the site-to-site VPN is the most useful feature. A lot of firewalls have that, but to me, that's one of the features that's essential."
"A good network security system for medium-sized businesses with an excellent GUI interface that gives a graphic view of network status."
"The most important feature of Fortinet FortiOS is the IPS."
"The stability of Fortinet meets our requirements and I'm satisfied with it."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiOS is great."
"FortiOS' most valuable features are management, security, and easy updates with no downtime."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiOS are its constant updates and definitions."
"It's easy to use."
"The DNS-level filtering is impressive for thwarting time scanners."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"I feel that its valuable features are that it is simple and free."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"OPNsense is easy to scale when running on the hardware."
"The solution has high availability."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"We have found pretty much all the features of the solution to be valuable."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve if it had a cloud-managed solution."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"Its customer service could be better."
"To some degree, it's almost a question as to why some of this stuff isn't simpler. For example, for an AP deployment, while it's integrated, the number of steps that you have to go through in order to get the AP up, seems like a lot."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"I need user-behavior analytics, to find threat scenarios from inside the organization, insider attacks. That would be very helpful for us. In addition, I would like next-generation features for small and medium businesses. These businesses require UTM, all in one product. Fortinet must include it."
"It would be better if AWS instances were available. If I want to upgrade from T2.small to T2.medium, it should be available rather than having a big instance and paying a lot of money for that. The issue is that we had deployed in AWS Cloud, and we were using a very small instance. Recently we wanted to move in-house and deploy it on the big instance because it was struggling with the RAM. If we use T2.small, we cannot upgrade it to the T2.medium. It has predefined instances in the marketplace with a lot of cost differences. If I can increase the RAM, I have to choose the T3.large instance. If I'm paying $270 for the small instance, I have to pay more than double the cost for T3.large. It is about $850, and this is not good. So, it would be better if it was cheaper. I think both AWS and Fortinet should think about that. They should provide it on lower instances as well. If I want to upgrade it from T2.small to T2.medium, it should be available, but it's a problem."
"The reporting and monitoring could improve, they have a lot of limitations. The monitoring is not easy compared to the other firewall."
"It could more scalable for the lower end users."
"The report and policy optimization tools can be improved in the next release."
"Fortinet FortiOS need to manage its memory and CPU utilization better. It peaks at times, which sometimes can be challenging."
"The implementation could be simplified."
"Their technical support needs improvement."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the pricing could be lower. The price is very steep."
"There are some add-ons that need enhancements to make management easier for users, especially the reporting features. Some reports don't show the level of detail I'm looking for, and I've had trouble installing certain add-ons, especially for Internet bandwidth shaping within my company."
"The logging could improve in OPNsense."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"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."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"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."
"On the customer-side, because I'm a small business, I need a cheaper or free solution option."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". 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". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and WatchGuard Firebox, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. OPNsense report.
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