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Put two or three cybersecurity products side by side and see how they differ on deployment, pricing, features, integrations and compliance.
| Product | pfSense Plus by Netgate View product | Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | 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. | Evaluating Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall? See how this Firewall tool handles VPC firewall and NAT firewall, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare. |
| Product type | Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway | Cloud-Native Firewall (Firewall as a Service) |
| Best for | SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail | E-commerce, Financial Services, Gaming, Internet Services, Enterprise |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: no |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | CloudOn-Premise | SaaSCloud |
| Deployment details | Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual | Cloud (SaaS); Cloud service |
| Data residency | On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions | Alibaba Cloud 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 | Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V | Alibaba Cloud |
| Compliance | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA | Supports China MLPS 2.0Alibaba Cloud ISO 27001, SOC 2 and PCI DSS portfolio |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS | Alibaba Cloud VPCCloud Enterprise NetworkNAT GatewayECSSimple Log ServiceSecurity Center |
| Industries | SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail | E-commerceFinancial ServicesGamingInternet ServicesEnterprise |
| Regions | Global | GlobalAsia PacificChinese Mainland |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Netgate | Alibaba Cloud |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, USA | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
| Company size | 201-500 | 10,001+ |
| Founded | 2000 | 2009 |
Overview
What it is
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.Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Evaluating Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall? See how this Firewall tool handles VPC firewall and NAT firewall, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.Product type
pfSense Plus
Commercial Firewall & Secure GatewayAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Cloud-Native Firewall (Firewall as a Service)Best for
pfSense Plus
SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, RetailAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
E-commerce, Financial Services, Gaming, Internet Services, EnterprisePricing
Pricing model
pfSense Plus
Contact VendorAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Contact VendorFree trial
pfSense Plus
Free trial: yesAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Free trial: noDeployment
Deployment options
pfSense Plus
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Deployment details
pfSense Plus
Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; VirtualAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Cloud (SaaS); Cloud serviceData residency
pfSense Plus
On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure RegionsAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Alibaba Cloud regionsKey features
What it offers
pfSense Plus
- Commercial firewall
- Automated cloud backup
- Multi-gigabit routing
- Zero-touch provisioning
- VPN
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network Security
- SD-WAN
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
- Internet boundary firewall
- VPC firewall
- NAT firewall
- Host firewall
- Intrusion prevention
- Virtual patching
- Threat intelligence
- Asset exposure discovery
Platform & access
API access
pfSense Plus
API access: yesAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
pfSense Plus
SSO: yesAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
pfSense Plus
RBAC: yesAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
pfSense Plus
Multi-tenant: yesAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
pfSense Plus
Mobile app: noAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
pfSense Plus
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Compliance
pfSense Plus
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
pfSense Plus
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Industries
pfSense Plus
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Regions
pfSense Plus
Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Vendor
Company
pfSense Plus
NetgateAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Alibaba CloudHeadquarters
pfSense Plus
Austin, Texas, USAAlibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaCompany size
pfSense Plus
201-500Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
10,001+Founded
pfSense Plus
2000Alibaba Cloud Cloud Firewall
2009