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    Untangle NG Firewall

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AUntangle NG Firewall is an open-source firewall and gateway security platform. It offers a free core firewall platform with paid add-ons, and a cloud-based management platform with a variety of deployment options for smaller teams.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    Untangle NG Firewall
    Editions & Modules
    Open Source Firewall
    $0.00
    free under the GNU General Public License (GPL)
    NG Firewall Complete
    $25.00
    per month
    z4 appliance
    $299
    one-time purchase
    z4w appliance
    $329
    one-time purchase
    z4 Plus appliance
    $399.00
    one-time purchase
    z6 appliance
    $1199.00
    one-time purchase
    z12 appliance
    $1999.00
    one-time purchase
    z20 appliance
    $3499.00
    one-time purchase
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Untangle NG Firewall
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Untangle NG Firewall
    Considered Both Products
    Untangle
    Chose Untangle NG Firewall
    Untangle is easier to use and a bit more reliable. Plus the support is very good.
    Incentivized
    Chose Untangle NG Firewall
    I could never come close with these two products to the level of functionality and security I have with Untangle. Simply put, there is absolutely no contest. In addition, the cost of these other solutions was many thousands more than the academic cost for Untangle.
    Many times …
    Incentivized
    Chose Untangle NG Firewall
    Simple GUI interface and can run on your hardware a.k.a. old servers with 2 or more NIC's.
    Incentivized
    Chose Untangle NG Firewall
    Untangle NG Firewall has a partnership with third parties to provide an amazing suite of applications. You pay for those. With free software, you have to wait for it to be updated. With Unifi, the hardware was too underpowered to do anything meaningful. I don't mind the monthly …
    Incentivized
    Chose Untangle NG Firewall
    NG Firewall was much more friendly in terms of layout and ease of use, the apps section is familiar to anyone and the config while in a sort of odd order is very clearly laid out. I also appreciate Untangle's endless educational videos and the support can't be beat. Overall …
    Incentivized
    Chose Untangle NG Firewall
    We selected untangle NG due to the flexibility, and the rack based architecture. Period.
    Incentivized
    Chose Untangle NG Firewall
    The Untangle NG Firewall is way more intuitive but the last barracuda I used was almost 8 years ago.
    Incentivized
    Chose Untangle NG Firewall
    We looked at SonicWall Web Content Filtering Services that can be added to our SonicWall firewall by purchasing a license. Untangle offered more functionality that solved a few of our problems at a cheaper price. Untangle offers a non-profit discount for 501c3 organizations …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Untangle NG Firewall
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Untangle NG Firewall
    Feature
    Untangle NG Firewall
    8.2
    6 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Identification Technologies8.06 Ratings
    Visualization Tools7.06 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.06 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.06 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.06 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console9.06 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.06 Ratings
    VPN9.06 Ratings
    High Availability9.05 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection8.06 Ratings
    Proxy Server8.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Untangle NG Firewall
    Small Businesses
    SonicWall NSA Series
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Untangle NG Firewall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Untangle NG Firewall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Untangle
    Untangle is very strong in the "traditional" sense of security. That means an edge appliance that either works with an existing router or is the router itself (recommended). This approach has also been adapted well to cloud environments in order to protect virtual servers and VDI workstations. As mentioned earlier, many schools are using cloud-based filtering for their 1:1 solutions for their students. This is an area where Untangle is unable to serve. Some have used an instance of Untangle in the cloud with VPN to serve their remote needs, but it is not the same as solutions that are designed for cloud-based filtering of devices without VPN.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Untangle
    • Web Filtering is strong, and can also do application fingerprinting to allow Facebook, but not Facebook games. Secondly, a separate partition called a "rack" can be set up to give one subnet or group of users different web filtering policies than another. For example, teachers would get more freedom to browse the web than students at a school.
    • Built-in SD-WAN connectivity as part of your license. IPSEC tunnel creation is also amazingly easy.
    • Will install on any x86 hardware created in the last 5-10 years. Ram and processor requirements per user are very low.
    • Reporting is phenomenal, however you can get death by details very easily.
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    Cons
    Untangle
    • The full suite can be expensive for business but will be powerful enough.
    • The full suite for home or small office isn't that bad of a price but may be out of reach for most home users but remember the basics are FREE so anyone can get started with it.
    • I would like to see it promoted for mid to large businesses as I think it can handle it.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Untangle
    Service renewal is in Feb 2021. We will be renewing!
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    Usability
    Untangle
    Generally works well but seeing more and more bugs with the OpenVPN app.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Untangle
    The phone support reps are highly competent and native-English speakers. big plus vs some other vendors with difficult to understand or less knowledgable support engineers.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Untangle
    Untangle NG Firewall has a partnership with third parties to provide an amazing suite of applications. You pay for those. With free software, you have to wait for it to be updated. With Unifi, the hardware was too underpowered to do anything meaningful. I don't mind the monthly fees because these companies update quickly; they have a reputation to maintain.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Untangle
    • It's allowed us to be PCI compliant which we need to do business.
    • It's allowed us to not only be PCI compliant but follow best practice to be actually as secure as we can be.
    • It's really presented us with a lot of flexibility in terms of how we connect to other services.
    • There is some maintenance, but it's very minimal.
    Incentivized
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