pfSense

pfSense

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About

IPFire is a hardened, versatile, state-of-the-art Open Source firewall based on Linux. Its ease of use, high performance in any scenario, and extensibility make it usable for everyone. Security is the highest priority in IPFire. It is hardened to protect itself from attacks from the Internet and prevents attacks on your network. Its powerful firewall engine and intrusion prevention system protect your network against attacks from the Internet and denial-of-service attacks. IPFire is free software developed by an open community and trusted by hundreds of thousands of users from all around the world. The primary objective of IPFire is security. It's easy to configure a firewall engine and an intrusion prevention system stops any attackers from breaking into your network. In the default configuration, the network is split into various zones with different security policies such as a LAN and DMZ to manage risks inside the network and have a custom configuration for specific needs.

About

The pfSense project is a free network firewall distribution, based on the FreeBSD operating system with a custom kernel and including third party free software packages for additional functionality. pfSense software, with the help of the package system, is able to provide the same functionality or more of common commercial firewalls, without any of the artificial limitations. It has successfully replaced every big name commercial firewall you can imagine in numerous installations around the world, including Check Point, Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA, Juniper, Sonicwall, Netgear, Watchguard, Astaro, and more.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Beginners and professional users searching for an open source solution to secure their network

Audience

With thousands of enterprises using pfSense® software, it is rapidly becoming the world's most trusted open source network security solution.

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 3.5 / 5
support 4.5 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 5.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It's simple, fast and rock solid. I'm old school admin so I like that green-blue-orange-red ideology. Of course price/quality ratio is superior :)
  • Can't get any simpler than that. The entire platform designed for safety. And if a particular feature is not present, just look for it among the available addons.

Cons

  • Its one of a kind so there is a learning curve that you must walk trough before you can really use it. WebUI isn't always so practical and sometimes menu stops responding to mouse but that can be passed simply reloading the page.
  • Nothing negative, everything perfect from the assistance system provided by the very present and active community.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Free Tons of features A lot of plugins Ability to run as a service Runs as VPN end points - and supports OpenVPN and IPSEC

Cons

  • Nothing really for what it is. Unpatched security issue on default VPN Certificate.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

IPFire
www.ipfire.org

Company Information

Netgate
Founded: 2002
United States
www.netgate.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

CacheGuard

CacheGuard

CacheGuard Technologies
Kerio Control

Kerio Control

GFI Software
ClearOS

ClearOS

ClearCenter
FortiGate NGFW

FortiGate NGFW

Fortinet

Categories

Categories

Firewall Features

Alerts / Notifications
Application Visibility / Control
Automated Testing
Intrusion Prevention
LDAP Integration
Physical / Virtual Environment
Sandbox / Threat Simulation
Threat Identification

Integrations

AWS Marketplace
AuthPoint
Celerium
Cisco AnyConnect
Cloud Range
Control D
DCXV
Domotz
Elastic Observability
Exoscale
Juniper Identity Management Service
Liongard
LoginTC
MVPS
Mindflow
NetBird
OpenVPN
Rublon

Integrations

AWS Marketplace
AuthPoint
Celerium
Cisco AnyConnect
Cloud Range
Control D
DCXV
Domotz
Elastic Observability
Exoscale
Juniper Identity Management Service
Liongard
LoginTC
MVPS
Mindflow
NetBird
OpenVPN
Rublon
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