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Product	AWS Firewall Manager by AWS View product	pfSense Plus by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	AWS Firewall Manager is a centralized security management service for centralized multi-account firewall administration. See features and Firewall alternatives.	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	Centralized Security Management Service	Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise, Technology	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	Cloud	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; AWS Cloud-native managed service	Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual
Data residency	Regional policy deployment within customer-selected AWS Regions	On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions
Key features
What it offers	Centralized firewall policy deployment Multi-account AWS Organizations management Cross-service orchestration (WAF, Shield, VPC Security Groups, Network Firewall) Automatic policy compliance remediation Security group auditing Centralized multi-account firewall administration Automated WAF rule enforcement Security group drift remediation	Commercial firewall Automated cloud backup Multi-gigabit routing Zero-touch provisioning VPN Firewall / NGFW Network Security SD-WAN
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: yes	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	AWS OrganizationsAmazon VPCAWS CloudFrontApplication Load Balancers	Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V
Compliance	SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWS OrganizationsAWS WAFAWS ShieldAWS Network FirewallAmazon VPCAWS Security HubAmazon Route 53	Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentEnterpriseTechnology	SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail
Regions	Global (supported AWS Regions)	Global
Vendor
Company	AWS	Netgate
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	100,000+	201-500
Founded	2006	2000

AWS Firewall Manager

by AWS

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pfSense Plus

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

AWS Firewall Manager

AWS Firewall Manager is a centralized security management service for centralized multi-account firewall administration. See features and Firewall alternatives.

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

AWS Firewall Manager

Centralized Security Management Service

pfSense Plus

Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway

Best for

AWS Firewall Manager

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise, Technology

pfSense Plus

SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

AWS Firewall Manager

Contact Vendor

pfSense Plus

Contact Vendor

Free trial

AWS Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Deployment

Deployment options

AWS Firewall Manager

Cloud

pfSense Plus

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

AWS Firewall Manager

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native managed service

pfSense Plus

Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual

Data residency

AWS Firewall Manager

Regional policy deployment within customer-selected AWS Regions

pfSense Plus

On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions

Key features

What it offers

AWS Firewall Manager

Centralized firewall policy deployment
Multi-account AWS Organizations management
Cross-service orchestration (WAF, Shield, VPC Security Groups, Network Firewall)
Automatic policy compliance remediation
Security group auditing
Centralized multi-account firewall administration
Automated WAF rule enforcement
Security group drift remediation

pfSense Plus

Commercial firewall
Automated cloud backup
Multi-gigabit routing
Zero-touch provisioning
VPN
Firewall / NGFW
Network Security
SD-WAN

Platform & access

API access

AWS Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Single sign-on (SSO)

AWS Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Role-based access (RBAC)

AWS Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Multi-tenant

AWS Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Mobile app

AWS Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Supported platforms

AWS Firewall Manager

AWS OrganizationsAmazon VPCAWS CloudFrontApplication Load Balancers

pfSense Plus

Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V

Compliance

AWS Firewall Manager

SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA eligible, FedRAMP High

pfSense Plus

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

AWS Firewall Manager

AWS OrganizationsAWS WAFAWS ShieldAWS Network FirewallAmazon VPCAWS Security HubAmazon Route 53

pfSense Plus

Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS

Industries

AWS Firewall Manager

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentEnterpriseTechnology

pfSense Plus

SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail

Regions

AWS Firewall Manager

Global (supported AWS Regions)

pfSense Plus

Global

Vendor

Company

AWS Firewall Manager

AWS

pfSense Plus

Netgate

Headquarters

AWS Firewall Manager

Seattle, Washington, USA

pfSense Plus

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

AWS Firewall Manager

100,000+

pfSense Plus

201-500

Founded

AWS Firewall Manager

2006

pfSense Plus

2000