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    CrowdSec

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/ACrowdSec is a CTI tool leveraging crowdsourced data to identify and block malevolent IPs in real time worldwide. It is an open-source & collaborative IPS able to analyze visitor behavior by parsing logs & provide an adapted response to all kinds of attacks. It also enables users to protect each other. Each time an IP is blocked, all community members are informed so they can also block it. That way, they are generating a real-time crowdsourced CTI database.N/A
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    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Features
    CrowdSec
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    Comparison of Firewall features of CrowdSec
    Feature
    CrowdSec
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Identification Technologies8.01 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.01 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.01 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.01 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection8.01 Ratings
    Proxy Server9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CrowdSec
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CrowdSec
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CrowdSec
    Since I've only used CrowdSec in a homelab/small-medium sized business setup, that's really the only market I can safely recommend it and say it's well suited for, because I don't know how much it would cost to run it in an enterprise environment. I've heard some pricing and how they plan on rolling out a subscription model, but it's still in talks. Either way, if you have publicly exposed web applications hosted locally or on a virtual private server, then CrowdSec should be part of every virtual machine and/or network. Even with the lmited number of filter you get out of the free subscription, it provides a nice layer of constantly updated data,
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    Pros
    CrowdSec
    • Provides great integrations with tools you already use, such as fail2ban, Cloudflare, WordPress, NGINX, Linux Firewalls, etc.
    • Lightweight agents can run on individual servers and report to a main security engine so that if there's an attack on one server and a block is implemented, the entire network can be protected
    • There are a lot of ways to receive alerts and store logs
    • CrowdSec Central API is a nice way to manage everything externally
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    Cons
    CrowdSec
    • Getting CrowdSec to run on OPNsense can be a challenge, but that's also a limitation of the OS
    • You can only subscribe to a couple of feeds before paying an unknown amount of money that's part of their "Enterprise" package. So, there could be better transparency.
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    Return on Investment
    CrowdSec
    • It flat-out blocks malicious IPs from accessing any PC on my network.
    • It's free-tier makes this a no brainer to implement
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