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Product	Palo Alto NGFW by Palo Alto Networks View product	Netgate 4200 by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	Palo Alto Networks built Palo Alto NGFW for SSL/TLS inspection. Explore automated policy optimizer, review appliance deployment and compare similar Firewall products.	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) Hardware Appliance	Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus
Best for	Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Education	Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	On-Premise	On-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware appliance; Physical appliance family (PA-400, PA-1400, PA-3400, PA-5400, PA-7000 series)	Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance
Data residency	On-premises hardware data processing	Global
Key features
What it offers	App-ID application identification User-ID identity integration Content-ID single-pass threat scanning Hardware-accelerated decryption WildFire sandboxing integration Automated policy optimizer High-availability clustering Perimeter enterprise security	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	Enterprise perimetercampus networkdata center aggregation	Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing
Compliance	FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (EAL4+), USGv6, SOC 2	FCCCERoHSUL
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	PanoramaStrata Cloud ManagerActive DirectoryOktaCisco ISESplunkQRadar	pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata
Industries	Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareRetailEducation	Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	Palo Alto Networks	Netgate
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	15,000+	201-500
Founded	2005	2000

Palo Alto NGFW

by Palo Alto Networks

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Netgate 4200

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

Palo Alto NGFW

Palo Alto Networks built Palo Alto NGFW for SSL/TLS inspection. Explore automated policy optimizer, review appliance deployment and compare similar Firewall products.

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

Palo Alto NGFW

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Hardware Appliance

Netgate 4200

Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus

Best for

Palo Alto NGFW

Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Education

Netgate 4200

Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO

Pricing

Pricing model

Palo Alto NGFW

Contact Vendor

Netgate 4200

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Palo Alto NGFW

Netgate 4200

Deployment

Deployment options

Palo Alto NGFW

On-Premise

Netgate 4200

On-Premise

Deployment details

Palo Alto NGFW

Hardware appliance; Physical appliance family (PA-400, PA-1400, PA-3400, PA-5400, PA-7000 series)

Netgate 4200

Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance

Data residency

Palo Alto NGFW

On-premises hardware data processing

Netgate 4200

Global

Key features

What it offers

Palo Alto NGFW

App-ID application identification
User-ID identity integration
Content-ID single-pass threat scanning
Hardware-accelerated decryption
WildFire sandboxing integration
Automated policy optimizer
High-availability clustering
Perimeter enterprise security

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

Palo Alto NGFW

Netgate 4200

Single sign-on (SSO)

Palo Alto NGFW

Netgate 4200

Role-based access (RBAC)

Palo Alto NGFW

Netgate 4200

Multi-tenant

Palo Alto NGFW

Netgate 4200

Mobile app

Palo Alto NGFW

Netgate 4200

Supported platforms

Palo Alto NGFW

Enterprise perimetercampus networkdata center aggregation

Netgate 4200

Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing

Compliance

Palo Alto NGFW

FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (EAL4+), USGv6, SOC 2

Netgate 4200

FCCCERoHSUL

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Palo Alto NGFW

PanoramaStrata Cloud ManagerActive DirectoryOktaCisco ISESplunkQRadar

Netgate 4200

pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata

Industries

Palo Alto NGFW

Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareRetailEducation

Netgate 4200

Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO

Regions

Palo Alto NGFW

Global

Netgate 4200

Global

Vendor

Company

Palo Alto NGFW

Palo Alto Networks

Netgate 4200

Netgate

Headquarters

Palo Alto NGFW

Santa Clara, California, USA

Netgate 4200

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

Palo Alto NGFW

15,000+

Netgate 4200

201-500

Founded

Palo Alto NGFW

2005

Netgate 4200

2000