pfSense for High security
June 22, 2021

pfSense for High security

Pretty Varughese | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

pfSense Plus (formerly pfSense Enterprise)

Modules Used

  • SG-1100
  • SG-2100
  • SG-5100

Overall Satisfaction with pfSense

We are using pfSense in our environment for routing & remote VPN feature. It provides a reliable security solution with a number of security features. pfSense provides customizable kernel solution & advanced routing features. We are using it across all the departments. It provides compliance security for CIS as well as for PCI-DSS System.
  • High Availability
  • Sandboxing
  • Easy to Integrate
  • Technical Support
  • Web console interface needs improvement
  • High Availability
  • Cost effective
  • Custom kernel
We were using Sophos XG Firewall in our environment before but we need a product that is customizable & provides low cost high security features. pfSense provided us high security features with customizable options as it's kernel is based on freeBSD.

Do you think pfSense delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with pfSense's feature set?

Yes

Did pfSense live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of pfSense go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy pfSense again?

Yes

pfSense is well suited for medium & large scale infrastructure that needs high security & custom kernel so that they can integrate & develop there own system as it's based on FreeBSD. It also provides features such as remote VPN & custom rules.

pfSense Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
10
Visualization Tools
9
Content Inspection
9
Policy-based Controls
9
Active Directory and LDAP
8
Firewall Management Console
Not Rated
Reporting and Logging
10
VPN
9
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10
Proxy Server
9