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F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall ManagerNetgate 42002 of 3 products

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Product	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager by F5 View product	Netgate 4200 by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	Looking for Firewall software? F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager by F5 provides IP intelligence for firewall / NGFW and DDoS Defense. Compare features and 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	Line-Rate Network Firewall & DDoS Engine	Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus
Best for	Telecom, Financial, Enterprise, Telecommunications, Service Providers	Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	On-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware chassis; Virtual appliance; Cloud	Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance
Data residency	Global; US; EU	Global
Key features
What it offers	Line-rate DoS/DDoS mitigation Stateful network firewall IP intelligence BGP threat filtering Firewall / NGFW DDoS 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	Data center networksEdge routersCloud VPCs	Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing
Compliance	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2ICSA Labs	FCCCERoHSUL
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	F5 BIG-IPCisco ACIVMware NSXSplunk	pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata
Industries	TelecomFinancialEnterpriseTelecommunicationsService Providers	Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	F5	Netgate
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	6,000+	201-500
Founded	1996	2000

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

by F5

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Netgate 4200

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Looking for Firewall software? F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager by F5 provides IP intelligence for firewall / NGFW and DDoS Defense. Compare features and 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

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Line-Rate Network Firewall & DDoS Engine

Netgate 4200

Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus

Best for

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Telecom, Financial, Enterprise, Telecommunications, Service Providers

Netgate 4200

Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Contact Vendor

Netgate 4200

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Netgate 4200

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

CloudOn-Premise

Netgate 4200

On-Premise

Deployment details

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware chassis; Virtual appliance; Cloud

Netgate 4200

Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance

Data residency

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Global; US; EU

Netgate 4200

Global

Key features

What it offers

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Line-rate DoS/DDoS mitigation
Stateful network firewall
IP intelligence
BGP threat filtering
Firewall / NGFW
DDoS 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

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Netgate 4200

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Netgate 4200

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Netgate 4200

Multi-tenant

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Netgate 4200

Mobile app

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Netgate 4200

Supported platforms

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Data center networksEdge routersCloud VPCs

Netgate 4200

Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing

Compliance

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2ICSA Labs

Netgate 4200

FCCCERoHSUL

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

F5 BIG-IPCisco ACIVMware NSXSplunk

Netgate 4200

pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata

Industries

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

TelecomFinancialEnterpriseTelecommunicationsService Providers

Netgate 4200

Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO

Regions

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Global

Netgate 4200

Global

Vendor

Company

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Netgate 4200

Netgate

Headquarters

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Seattle, Washington, USA

Netgate 4200

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

6,000+

Netgate 4200

201-500

Founded

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

1996

Netgate 4200

2000