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| Product | Netgate Security Gateway by Netgate View product | pfSense Plus by Netgate View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Netgate Security Gateway from Netgate focuses on firewall / NGFW. Key capabilities: WireGuard and snort IDS/IPS. Compare it with the leading Firewall 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 | Enterprise Firewall & VPN Appliance | Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway |
| Best for | Mid-Market, Branch Offices, SMBs, Remote Teams | 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 | On-Premise | CloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Rackmount & desktop hardware appliances | Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual |
| Data residency | On-premises; Customer Network | On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| 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 | Hardware AppliancespfSense PlusEdge Networks | Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V |
| Compliance | FCCCERoHSULISO 9001 | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | pfSense PlusActive DirectoryRADIUS | Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS |
| Industries | Mid-MarketBranch OfficesSMBsRemote Teams | SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Netgate | Netgate |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, USA | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Company size | 201-500 | 201-500 |
| Founded | 2000 | 2000 |
Overview
What it is
Netgate Security Gateway
Netgate Security Gateway from Netgate focuses on firewall / NGFW. Key capabilities: WireGuard and snort IDS/IPS. Compare it with the leading Firewall 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
Netgate Security Gateway
Enterprise Firewall & VPN AppliancepfSense Plus
Commercial Firewall & Secure GatewayBest for
Netgate Security Gateway
Mid-Market, Branch Offices, SMBs, Remote TeamspfSense Plus
SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, RetailPricing
Pricing model
Netgate Security Gateway
Contact VendorpfSense Plus
Contact VendorFree trial
Netgate Security Gateway
Free trial: nopfSense Plus
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Netgate Security Gateway
pfSense Plus
Deployment details
Netgate Security Gateway
Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Rackmount & desktop hardware appliancespfSense Plus
Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; VirtualData residency
Netgate Security Gateway
On-premises; Customer NetworkpfSense Plus
On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure RegionsKey features
What it offers
Netgate Security Gateway
- Stateful packet inspection
- Snort IDS/IPS
- IPsec/OpenVPN
- WireGuard
- Traffic shaping
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network Security
- VPN
pfSense Plus
- Commercial firewall
- Automated cloud backup
- Multi-gigabit routing
- Zero-touch provisioning
- VPN
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network Security
- SD-WAN
Platform & access
API access
Netgate Security Gateway
API access: yespfSense Plus
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Netgate Security Gateway
SSO: yespfSense Plus
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Netgate Security Gateway
RBAC: yespfSense Plus
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Netgate Security Gateway
Multi-tenant: yespfSense Plus
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Netgate Security Gateway
Mobile app: nopfSense Plus
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Netgate Security Gateway
pfSense Plus
Compliance
Netgate Security Gateway
pfSense Plus
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Netgate Security Gateway
pfSense Plus
Industries
Netgate Security Gateway
pfSense Plus
Regions
Netgate Security Gateway
pfSense Plus
Vendor
Company
Netgate Security Gateway
NetgatepfSense Plus
NetgateHeadquarters
Netgate Security Gateway
Austin, Texas, USApfSense Plus
Austin, Texas, USACompany size
Netgate Security Gateway
201-500pfSense Plus
201-500Founded
Netgate Security Gateway
2000pfSense Plus
2000