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| Product | Palo Alto NGFW View product | pfSense Plus 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. | 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 | Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Hardware Appliance | Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Education | 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; Physical appliance family (PA-400, PA-1400, PA-3400, PA-5400, PA-7000 series) | Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual |
| Data residency | On-premises hardware data processing | 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 | Enterprise perimetercampus networkdata center aggregation | Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V |
| Compliance | FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (EAL4+), USGv6, SOC 2 | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | PanoramaStrata Cloud ManagerActive DirectoryOktaCisco ISESplunkQRadar | Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS |
| Industries | Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareRetailEducation | SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail |
| 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 |
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.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
Palo Alto NGFW
Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Hardware AppliancepfSense Plus
Commercial Firewall & Secure GatewayBest for
Palo Alto NGFW
Cross-industry, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, EducationpfSense Plus
SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, RetailPricing
Pricing model
Palo Alto NGFW
Contact VendorpfSense Plus
Contact VendorFree trial
Palo Alto NGFW
Free trial: nopfSense Plus
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Palo Alto NGFW
On-Premise
pfSense Plus
CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details
Palo Alto NGFW
Hardware appliance; Physical appliance family (PA-400, PA-1400, PA-3400, PA-5400, PA-7000 series)pfSense Plus
Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; VirtualData residency
Palo Alto NGFW
On-premises hardware data processingpfSense Plus
On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure RegionsKey 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
pfSense Plus
- Commercial firewall
- Automated cloud backup
- Multi-gigabit routing
- Zero-touch provisioning
- VPN
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network Security
- SD-WAN
Platform & access
API access
Palo Alto NGFW
API access: yespfSense Plus
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Palo Alto NGFW
SSO: yespfSense Plus
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Palo Alto NGFW
RBAC: yespfSense Plus
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Palo Alto NGFW
Multi-tenant: yespfSense Plus
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Palo Alto NGFW
Mobile app: nopfSense Plus
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Palo Alto NGFW
Enterprise perimetercampus networkdata center aggregation
pfSense Plus
Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V
Compliance
Palo Alto NGFW
FIPS 140-2/3, Common Criteria (EAL4+), USGv6, SOC 2
pfSense Plus
SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Palo Alto NGFW
PanoramaStrata Cloud ManagerActive DirectoryOktaCisco ISESplunkQRadar
pfSense Plus
Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS
Industries
Palo Alto NGFW
Cross-industryGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareRetailEducation
pfSense Plus
SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail
Regions
Palo Alto NGFW
Global
pfSense Plus
Global
Vendor
Company
Palo Alto NGFW
Palo Alto NetworkspfSense Plus
NetgateHeadquarters
Palo Alto NGFW
Santa Clara, California, USApfSense Plus
Austin, Texas, USACompany size
Palo Alto NGFW
15,000+pfSense Plus
201-500Founded
Palo Alto NGFW
2005pfSense Plus
2000