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Product	Palo Alto VM-Series by Palo Alto Networks View product	Netgate 4200 by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	Palo Alto VM-Series is a virtual next-generation firewall for cloud migration protection and public cloud perimeter defense. See features and Firewall 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	Virtual Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)	Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus
Best for	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Government, Telecom	Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	On-Premise
Deployment details	Virtual appliance; Public cloud; Private cloud; Virtual appliance deployable across public clouds and private hypervisors	Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance
Data residency	Deployed directly inside customer cloud VPC/VNet or private data center	Global
Key features
What it offers	Virtualized PAN-OS architecture App-ID application inspection Automated cloud autoscaling Hypervisor native integration Microsegmentation between VMs Infrastructure-as-code deployment (Terraform) WildFire integration Public cloud perimeter 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	VMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCPOCI	Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing
Compliance	FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, SOC 2, ISO 27001	FCCCERoHSUL
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXi/NSXNutanixTerraformPanorama	pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata
Industries	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareGovernmentTelecom	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 VM-Series

by Palo Alto Networks

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Netgate 4200

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

Palo Alto VM-Series

Palo Alto VM-Series is a virtual next-generation firewall for cloud migration protection and public cloud perimeter defense. See features and Firewall 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

Palo Alto VM-Series

Virtual Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

Netgate 4200

Desktop Firewall Appliance with pfSense Plus

Best for

Palo Alto VM-Series

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Technology, Healthcare, Government, Telecom

Netgate 4200

Small Business, Branch Offices, SOHO

Pricing

Pricing model

Palo Alto VM-Series

Contact Vendor

Netgate 4200

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Palo Alto VM-Series

Netgate 4200

Deployment

Deployment options

Palo Alto VM-Series

Cloud

Netgate 4200

On-Premise

Deployment details

Palo Alto VM-Series

Virtual appliance; Public cloud; Private cloud; Virtual appliance deployable across public clouds and private hypervisors

Netgate 4200

Hardware Appliance; pfSense Plus; Desktop hardware appliance

Data residency

Palo Alto VM-Series

Deployed directly inside customer cloud VPC/VNet or private data center

Netgate 4200

Global

Key features

What it offers

Palo Alto VM-Series

Virtualized PAN-OS architecture
App-ID application inspection
Automated cloud autoscaling
Hypervisor native integration
Microsegmentation between VMs
Infrastructure-as-code deployment (Terraform)
WildFire integration
Public cloud perimeter 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

Palo Alto VM-Series

Netgate 4200

Single sign-on (SSO)

Palo Alto VM-Series

Netgate 4200

Role-based access (RBAC)

Palo Alto VM-Series

Netgate 4200

Multi-tenant

Palo Alto VM-Series

Netgate 4200

Mobile app

Palo Alto VM-Series

Netgate 4200

Supported platforms

Palo Alto VM-Series

VMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCPOCI

Netgate 4200

Small business networksBranch officesEdge routing

Compliance

Palo Alto VM-Series

FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, SOC 2, ISO 27001

Netgate 4200

FCCCERoHSUL

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Palo Alto VM-Series

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudVMware ESXi/NSXNutanixTerraformPanorama

Netgate 4200

pfSense PlusRADIUSSnortSuricata

Industries

Palo Alto VM-Series

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesTechnologyHealthcareGovernmentTelecom

Netgate 4200

Small BusinessBranch OfficesSOHO

Regions

Palo Alto VM-Series

Global

Netgate 4200

Global

Vendor

Company

Palo Alto VM-Series

Palo Alto Networks

Netgate 4200

Netgate

Headquarters

Palo Alto VM-Series

Santa Clara, California, USA

Netgate 4200

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

Palo Alto VM-Series

15,000+

Netgate 4200

201-500

Founded

Palo Alto VM-Series

2005

Netgate 4200

2000