We performed a comparison between Netgate pfSense and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."I like that they have given me a solution at a fair price."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"In terms of security, we have not experienced any security flaws or loopholes, and it has proven to be quite stable."
"The most useful functionality of Fortinet FortiGate is the user interface, multiple engines, and their cloud with the latest integrations. Additionally, the Security Fabric tool is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"The solution has good customization abilities and plenty of features."
"The product’s documentation is good."
"I like pfSense's security features."
"The redundancy and scalability ARE very nice."
"I am happy with the EPLS, the radius, and I am happy with the captive portal."
"Its scalability is a strong point."
"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."
"The gain in performance and security from configuring the VPN connections was significant."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The solution can scale well."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"Its price could be better."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"With the addition of some features, it is possible that FortiGate can be used in all verticals."
"I would like to see improvements made to the dashboard and UI, as well as to the reporting."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"The interface is not very shiny and attractive."
"If a user doesn't have a large amount of experience in Linux systems, they will have problems using this solution. Users need to be highly skilled in troubleshooting competency. Users who do not have such skills will find the product difficult to use."
"pfSense has some limitations in detecting site sessions. We want to control internet usage based on sites and their content, and pfSense doesn't perform this function."
"Netgate pfSense needs to improve the configuration for a VPN."
"Other solutions provide more scope for growth. For instance, we can have only 10 to 20 employees on VPN, but other solutions can support more users. We also have more capabilities to increase the performance of the solution."
"It needs to be more secure."
"I would like to see SD1 integration into the software. That would be fantastic."
"I tried pfSense, and it has a big issue with file system consistency, and this is what drove me to OPNsense. The file system stability is quite a big issue for us. We have a lot of outages related to power issues, and OPNsense is much more stable on this side."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM). Netgate pfSense is rated 8.6, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "A robust appliance that is reasonably priced and straightforward to set up". Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Stormshield Network Security, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, WatchGuard Firebox, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX.
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