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Product	AWS Network Firewall by AWS View product	pfSense Plus by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	AWS Network Firewall delivers automatic scaling for perimeter network defense. Explore its Network Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.	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	Managed Cloud Network Firewall & IPS 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	CloudOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; AWS Cloud-native managed firewall endpoint per VPC/AZ	Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual
Data residency	Deployed and inspected within customer-selected AWS Region and VPC subnets	On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions
Key features
What it offers	Stateful Layer 3-7 packet inspection Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS) Suricata-compatible rules Outbound domain filtering TLS decryption and inspection Automatic scaling multi-AZ high availability Perimeter network defense	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	Amazon VPCAWS Transit Gateway	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 Transit GatewayAmazon VPCAWS Firewall ManagerAmazon CloudWatchAmazon S3AWS KMS	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 Network Firewall

by AWS

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pfSense Plus

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

AWS Network Firewall

AWS Network Firewall delivers automatic scaling for perimeter network defense. Explore its Network Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.

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 Network Firewall

Managed Cloud Network Firewall & IPS Service

pfSense Plus

Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway

Best for

AWS Network Firewall

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

pfSense Plus

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

Pricing

Pricing model

AWS Network Firewall

Contact Vendor

pfSense Plus

Contact Vendor

Free trial

AWS Network Firewall

pfSense Plus

Deployment

Deployment options

AWS Network Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

pfSense Plus

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

AWS Network Firewall

Cloud; AWS Cloud-native managed firewall endpoint per VPC/AZ

pfSense Plus

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

Data residency

AWS Network Firewall

Deployed and inspected within customer-selected AWS Region and VPC subnets

pfSense Plus

On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions

Key features

What it offers

AWS Network Firewall

Stateful Layer 3-7 packet inspection
Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS)
Suricata-compatible rules
Outbound domain filtering
TLS decryption and inspection
Automatic scaling
multi-AZ high availability
Perimeter network defense

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 Network Firewall

pfSense Plus

Single sign-on (SSO)

AWS Network Firewall

pfSense Plus

Role-based access (RBAC)

AWS Network Firewall

pfSense Plus

Multi-tenant

AWS Network Firewall

pfSense Plus

Mobile app

AWS Network Firewall

pfSense Plus

Supported platforms

AWS Network Firewall

Amazon VPCAWS Transit Gateway

pfSense Plus

Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V

Compliance

AWS Network Firewall

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 Network Firewall

AWS Transit GatewayAmazon VPCAWS Firewall ManagerAmazon CloudWatchAmazon S3AWS KMS

pfSense Plus

Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS

Industries

AWS Network Firewall

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentEnterpriseTechnology

pfSense Plus

SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail

Regions

AWS Network Firewall

Global (supported AWS Regions)

pfSense Plus

Global

Vendor

Company

AWS Network Firewall

AWS

pfSense Plus

Netgate

Headquarters

AWS Network Firewall

Seattle, Washington, USA

pfSense Plus

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

AWS Network Firewall

100,000+

pfSense Plus

201-500

Founded

AWS Network Firewall

2006

pfSense Plus

2000