We performed a comparison between NGINX API Gateway and OPNsense based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Postman, F5, SmartBear and others in API Monitoring Software."It's easy to install, and the performance is good."
"API routing is the most valuable feature."
"The solution has high availability."
"It's open source."
"The IDS and IPS features are valuable. From the usability perspective, there is a lot of good documentation. As IT professionals, we found it very easy to configure the firewall. It was easy to configure and use."
"OPNsense is highly stable."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"OPNsense is easy to use and open source."
"The UI could be more attractive."
"It could be more secure because security is always a problem."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
"There is room for improvement in SSL inspection."
"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 interface of the solution is an area with shortcomings."
"The IPS solution could be more reliable."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"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."
"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."
NGINX API Gateway is ranked 2nd in API Monitoring Software with 2 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 19 reviews. NGINX API Gateway is rated 8.6, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of NGINX API Gateway writes "Has good performance and is easy to install". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "There are lots of capabilities built-in: Few would be High Availability, Proxy, DNS, Intrusion detection/prevention, content filtering, traffic and bandwidth management with 2factor autn. ". NGINX API Gateway is most compared with Postman, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Fortinet FortiGate, Untangle NG Firewall and Sophos UTM.
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