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Cato Cloud FirewallNetgate 42002 of 3 products

Side-by-side comparison of Cato Cloud Firewall, Netgate 4200
Product	Cato Cloud Firewall by Cato Networks View product	Netgate 4200 by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	Cato Cloud Firewall from Cato Networks focuses on cloud-delivered firewall. Key capabilities: application control. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.	Netgate 4200 is a desktop firewall appliance with pfsense plus from Netgate. Learn how it supports VPN, what features stand out and which Firewall tools compete.
Product type	Cloud Next-Generation Firewall	Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus
Best for	Cross-industry, Distributed Enterprises, Retail, Finance	Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	On-Premise
Deployment details	Cloud; Cloud-native service on Cato global backbone	Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance
Data residency	Global; 85+ PoP data centers	Global
Key features
What it offers	Elastic cloud-delivered firewall Deep packet inspection Application control Identity-aware rules Cloud-delivered firewall Branch perimeter defense WAN segmentation	pfSense Plus software 4x 2.5 GbE ports Firewall throughput up to 18 Gbps Encrypted IPsec/WireGuard VPN Firewall / NGFW Network Security VPN
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	Branch OfficesCloud Data CentersRemote Users	Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing
Compliance	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAA	FCCCERoHSUL
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cato SASE CloudMicrosoft Entra IDActive Directory	pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata
Industries	Cross-industryDistributed EnterprisesRetailFinance	Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Cato Networks	Netgate
Headquarters	Tel Aviv, Israel	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	1,001-5,000	201-500
Founded	2015	2000

Cato Cloud Firewall

by Cato Networks

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Netgate 4200

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

Cato Cloud Firewall

Cato Cloud Firewall from Cato Networks focuses on cloud-delivered firewall. Key capabilities: application control. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.

Netgate 4200

Netgate 4200 is a desktop firewall appliance with pfsense plus from Netgate. Learn how it supports VPN, what features stand out and which Firewall tools compete.

Product type

Cato Cloud Firewall

Cloud Next-Generation Firewall

Netgate 4200

Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus

Best for

Cato Cloud Firewall

Cross-industry, Distributed Enterprises, Retail, Finance

Netgate 4200

Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO

Pricing

Pricing model

Cato Cloud Firewall

Contact Vendor

Netgate 4200

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cato Cloud Firewall

Netgate 4200

Deployment

Deployment options

Cato Cloud Firewall

Cloud

Netgate 4200

On-Premise

Deployment details

Cato Cloud Firewall

Cloud; Cloud-native service on Cato global backbone

Netgate 4200

Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance

Data residency

Cato Cloud Firewall

Global; 85+ PoP data centers

Netgate 4200

Global

Key features

What it offers

Cato Cloud Firewall

Elastic cloud-delivered firewall
Deep packet inspection
Application control
Identity-aware rules
Cloud-delivered firewall
Branch perimeter defense
WAN segmentation

Netgate 4200

pfSense Plus software
4x 2.5 GbE ports
Firewall throughput up to 18 Gbps
Encrypted IPsec/WireGuard VPN
Firewall / NGFW
Network Security
VPN

Platform & access

API access

Cato Cloud Firewall

Netgate 4200

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cato Cloud Firewall

Netgate 4200

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cato Cloud Firewall

Netgate 4200

Multi-tenant

Cato Cloud Firewall

Netgate 4200

Mobile app

Cato Cloud Firewall

Netgate 4200

Supported platforms

Cato Cloud Firewall

Branch OfficesCloud Data CentersRemote Users

Netgate 4200

Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing

Compliance

Cato Cloud Firewall

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSSHIPAA

Netgate 4200

FCCCERoHSUL

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cato Cloud Firewall

Cato SASE CloudMicrosoft Entra IDActive Directory

Netgate 4200

pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata

Industries

Cato Cloud Firewall

Cross-industryDistributed EnterprisesRetailFinance

Netgate 4200

Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO

Regions

Cato Cloud Firewall

Global

Netgate 4200

Global

Vendor

Company

Cato Cloud Firewall

Cato Networks

Netgate 4200

Netgate

Headquarters

Cato Cloud Firewall

Tel Aviv, Israel

Netgate 4200

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

Cato Cloud Firewall

1,001-5,000

Netgate 4200

201-500

Founded

Cato Cloud Firewall

2015

Netgate 4200

2000