Azure Firewall vs. pfSense
Azure Firewall vs. pfSense
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![]() Azure Firewall | N/A | Azure Firewall is a cloud-native, intelligent network firewall security service that offers threat protection for Azure cloud workloads. It is a fully stateful firewall as a service, featuring built-in high availability and unlimited cloud scalability. | $0.40 per deployment hour $0.065 per GB processed | |
pfSense | N/A | pfSense is a firewall and load management product available through the open source pfSense Community Edition, as well as a the licensed edition, pfSense Plus (formerly known as pfSense Enterprise). The solution provides combined firewall, VPN, and router functionality, and can be deployed through the cloud (AWS or Azure), or on-premises with a Netgate appliance. It as scalable capacities, with functionality for SMBs. As a firewall, pfSense offers Stateful packet inspection, concurrent… | $179 per appliance |
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Small Businesses | pfSense Score 9.4 out of 10 | Sophos UTM Score 8.8 out of 10 |
Medium-sized Companies | pfSense Score 9.4 out of 10 | ![]() Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways Score 9.3 out of 10 |
Enterprises | Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Score 9.5 out of 10 | Palo Alto Networks Virtualized Next-Generation Firewalls - VM Series Score 9.5 out of 10 |
All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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Likelihood to Recommend | 8.0 (1 ratings) | 9.5 (28 ratings) |
Usability | - (0 ratings) | 9.8 (6 ratings) |
Support Rating | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (1 ratings) |
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Likelihood to Recommend | ![]() Microsoft
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Pros | ![]() Microsoft
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Cons | ![]() Microsoft
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Usability | ![]() Microsoft No answers on this topic | ![]() Netgate (Rubicon Communications, LLC)
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Support Rating | ![]() Microsoft No answers on this topic | ![]() Netgate (Rubicon Communications, LLC)
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Alternatives Considered | ![]() Microsoft
| ![]() Netgate (Rubicon Communications, LLC)
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Return on Investment | ![]() Microsoft
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ScreenShots | Azure Firewall Screenshots |