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Product	F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager by F5 View product	pfSense Plus 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.	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	Line-Rate Network Firewall & DDoS Engine	Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway
Best for	Telecom, Financial, Enterprise, Telecommunications, Service Providers	SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual Appliance; Cloud; Hardware chassis; Virtual appliance; Cloud	Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual
Data residency	Global; US; EU	On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions
Key features
What it offers	Line-rate DoS/DDoS mitigation Stateful network firewall IP intelligence BGP threat filtering Firewall / NGFW DDoS 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: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Data center networksEdge routersCloud VPCs	Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V
Compliance	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2ICSA Labs	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	F5 BIG-IPCisco ACIVMware NSXSplunk	Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS
Industries	TelecomFinancialEnterpriseTelecommunicationsService Providers	SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail
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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pfSense Plus

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.

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

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Line-Rate Network Firewall & DDoS Engine

pfSense Plus

Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway

Best for

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Telecom, Financial, Enterprise, Telecommunications, Service Providers

pfSense Plus

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

Pricing

Pricing model

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Contact Vendor

pfSense Plus

Contact Vendor

Free trial

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Deployment

Deployment options

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

CloudOn-Premise

pfSense Plus

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

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

pfSense Plus

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

Data residency

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Global; US; EU

pfSense Plus

On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions

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

pfSense Plus

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

Platform & access

API access

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Single sign-on (SSO)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Role-based access (RBAC)

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Multi-tenant

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Mobile app

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Supported platforms

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Data center networksEdge routersCloud VPCs

pfSense Plus

Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V

Compliance

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2ICSA Labs

pfSense Plus

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

F5 BIG-IPCisco ACIVMware NSXSplunk

pfSense Plus

Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS

Industries

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

TelecomFinancialEnterpriseTelecommunicationsService Providers

pfSense Plus

SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail

Regions

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Global

pfSense Plus

Global

Vendor

Company

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

pfSense Plus

Netgate

Headquarters

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

Seattle, Washington, USA

pfSense Plus

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

6,000+

pfSense Plus

201-500

Founded

F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager

1996

pfSense Plus

2000