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Cisco Secure FirewallNetgate 42002 of 3 products

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Product	Cisco Secure Firewall by Cisco View product	Netgate 4200 by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	Cisco Secure Firewall from Cisco focuses on perimeter threat defense. Key capabilities: URL filtering. 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	Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) & Threat Defense	Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus
Best for	Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail	Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	On-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud-native; Hardware appliances (Firewall 1000/3100/4200 series); Virtual FTDv (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI); Containerized CNF	Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance
Data residency	On-premises data retention / Cloud control region-specific hosting	Global
Key features
What it offers	Snort 3 deep packet inspection Application visibility and control Hardware-accelerated crypto Encrypted traffic analytics Advanced malware defense URL filtering Dynamic network segmentation Perimeter threat defense	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	On-premises hardwareAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXiKVM	Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing
Compliance	FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (NDcPP), USGv6, SOC 2, ISO 27001	FCCCERoHSUL
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Cisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRCisco TalosSplunkMicrosoft Sentinel	pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata
Industries	Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnergyManufacturing+1 more	Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Cisco	Netgate
Headquarters	San Jose, California, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	80,000+	201-500
Founded	1984	2000

Cisco Secure Firewall

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Netgate 4200

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco Secure Firewall from Cisco focuses on perimeter threat defense. Key capabilities: URL filtering. 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

Cisco Secure Firewall

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) & Threat Defense

Netgate 4200

Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus

Best for

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, Retail

Netgate 4200

Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO

Pricing

Pricing model

Cisco Secure Firewall

Contact Vendor

Netgate 4200

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Cisco Secure Firewall

Netgate 4200

Deployment

Deployment options

Cisco Secure Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Netgate 4200

On-Premise

Deployment details

Cisco Secure Firewall

Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud-native; Hardware appliances (Firewall 1000/3100/4200 series); Virtual FTDv (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI); Containerized CNF

Netgate 4200

Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance

Data residency

Cisco Secure Firewall

On-premises data retention / Cloud control region-specific hosting

Netgate 4200

Global

Key features

What it offers

Cisco Secure Firewall

Snort 3 deep packet inspection
Application visibility and control
Hardware-accelerated crypto
Encrypted traffic analytics
Advanced malware defense
URL filtering
Dynamic network segmentation
Perimeter threat defense

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

Cisco Secure Firewall

Netgate 4200

Single sign-on (SSO)

Cisco Secure Firewall

Netgate 4200

Role-based access (RBAC)

Cisco Secure Firewall

Netgate 4200

Multi-tenant

Cisco Secure Firewall

Netgate 4200

Mobile app

Cisco Secure Firewall

Netgate 4200

Supported platforms

Cisco Secure Firewall

On-premises hardwareAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXiKVM

Netgate 4200

Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing

Compliance

Cisco Secure Firewall

FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (NDcPP), USGv6, SOC 2, ISO 27001

Netgate 4200

FCCCERoHSUL

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco Secure WorkloadCisco XDRCisco TalosSplunkMicrosoft Sentinel

Netgate 4200

pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata

Industries

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareEnergyManufacturing+1 more

Netgate 4200

Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO

Regions

Cisco Secure Firewall

Global

Netgate 4200

Global

Vendor

Company

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco

Netgate 4200

Netgate

Headquarters

Cisco Secure Firewall

San Jose, California, USA

Netgate 4200

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

Cisco Secure Firewall

80,000+

Netgate 4200

201-500

Founded

Cisco Secure Firewall

1984

Netgate 4200

2000