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| Product | Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall View product | pfSense Plus by Netgate View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Evaluating Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall? See how this Firewall tool handles VPC firewall and NAT firewall, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare. | See what pfSense Plus offers: commercial firewall and automated cloud backup. It is built for SD-WAN, supports cloud deployment and competes with other Firewall tools. |
| Product type | Cloud-Native Firewall (Firewall as a Service) | Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway |
| Best for | E-commerce, Financial Services, Gaming, Internet Services, Enterprise | SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: no | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | SaaSCloud | CloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Cloud (SaaS); Cloud service | Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual |
| Data residency | Alibaba Cloud regions | On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Alibaba Cloud | Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V |
| Compliance | Supports China MLPS 2.0Alibaba Cloud ISO 27001, SOC 2 and PCI DSS portfolio | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Alibaba Cloud VPCCloud Enterprise NetworkNAT GatewayECSSimple Log ServiceSecurity Center | Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS |
| Industries | E-commerceFinancial ServicesGamingInternet ServicesEnterprise | SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail |
| Regions | GlobalAsia PacificChinese Mainland | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Alibaba Cloud | Netgate |
| Headquarters | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Company size | 10,001+ | 201-500 |
| Founded | 2009 | 2000 |
Overview
What it is
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Evaluating Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall? See how this Firewall tool handles VPC firewall and NAT firewall, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.pfSense Plus
See what pfSense Plus offers: commercial firewall and automated cloud backup. It is built for SD-WAN, supports cloud deployment and competes with other Firewall tools.Product type
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Cloud-Native Firewall (Firewall as a Service)pfSense Plus
Commercial Firewall & Secure GatewayBest for
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
E-commerce, Financial Services, Gaming, Internet Services, EnterprisepfSense Plus
SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, RetailPricing
Pricing model
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Contact VendorpfSense Plus
Contact VendorFree trial
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Free trial: nopfSense Plus
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
pfSense Plus
Deployment details
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Cloud (SaaS); Cloud servicepfSense Plus
Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; VirtualData residency
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Alibaba Cloud regionspfSense Plus
On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure RegionsKey features
What it offers
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
- Internet boundary firewall
- VPC firewall
- NAT firewall
- Host firewall
- Intrusion prevention
- Virtual patching
- Threat intelligence
- Asset exposure discovery
pfSense Plus
- Commercial firewall
- Automated cloud backup
- Multi-gigabit routing
- Zero-touch provisioning
- VPN
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network Security
- SD-WAN
Platform & access
API access
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
API access: yespfSense Plus
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
SSO: yespfSense Plus
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
RBAC: yespfSense Plus
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Multi-tenant: yespfSense Plus
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Mobile app: nopfSense Plus
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
pfSense Plus
Compliance
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
pfSense Plus
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
pfSense Plus
Industries
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
pfSense Plus
Regions
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
pfSense Plus
Vendor
Company
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Alibaba CloudpfSense Plus
NetgateHeadquarters
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ChinapfSense Plus
Austin, Texas, USACompany size
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
10,001+pfSense Plus
201-500Founded
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
2009pfSense Plus
2000