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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 | SonicWall NSa Series by SonicWall 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. | SonicWall NSa Series from SonicWall focuses on SD-WAN. Key capabilities: secure SD-WAN and redundant power supplies. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives. |
| Product type | Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway | Mid-Enterprise Next-Gen Firewalls |
| Best for | SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail | Cross-industry, Campus, Data Centers, Mid-Sized Enterprise, Campus Networks |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | CloudOn-Premise | On-Premise |
| Deployment details | Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual | 1U Hardware appliance; 1U rackmount hardware appliance |
| Data residency | On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions | On-premises deployment |
| 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: no |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V | Mid-Sized EnterpriseCampusData Centers |
| Compliance | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA | ICSA LabsCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2 |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS | SonicWall Capture ATPCapture Security CenterActive Directory |
| Industries | SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail | Cross-industryCampusData CentersMid-Sized EnterpriseCampus Networks |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Netgate | SonicWall |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, USA | Milpitas, California, USA |
| Company size | 201-500 | 1,000+ |
| Founded | 2000 | 1991 |
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.SonicWall NSa Series
SonicWall NSa Series from SonicWall focuses on SD-WAN. Key capabilities: secure SD-WAN and redundant power supplies. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.Product type
pfSense Plus
Commercial Firewall & Secure GatewaySonicWall NSa Series
Mid-Enterprise Next-Gen FirewallsBest for
pfSense Plus
SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, RetailSonicWall NSa Series
Cross-industry, Campus, Data Centers, Mid-Sized Enterprise, Campus NetworksPricing
Pricing model
pfSense Plus
Contact VendorSonicWall NSa Series
Contact VendorFree trial
pfSense Plus
Free trial: yesSonicWall NSa Series
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
pfSense Plus
SonicWall NSa Series
Deployment details
pfSense Plus
Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; VirtualSonicWall NSa Series
1U Hardware appliance; 1U rackmount hardware applianceData residency
pfSense Plus
On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure RegionsSonicWall NSa Series
On-premises deploymentKey features
What it offers
pfSense Plus
- Commercial firewall
- Automated cloud backup
- Multi-gigabit routing
- Zero-touch provisioning
- VPN
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network Security
- SD-WAN
SonicWall NSa Series
- Multi-gigabit next-gen firewall
- Wire-speed TLS 1.3 inspection
- Redundant power supplies
- Secure SD-WAN
- Enterprise campus perimeter firewall
- Wire-speed TLS 1.3 decryption
- SD-WAN
Platform & access
API access
pfSense Plus
API access: yesSonicWall NSa Series
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
pfSense Plus
SSO: yesSonicWall NSa Series
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
pfSense Plus
RBAC: yesSonicWall NSa Series
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
pfSense Plus
Multi-tenant: yesSonicWall NSa Series
Multi-tenant: noMobile app
pfSense Plus
Mobile app: noSonicWall NSa Series
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
pfSense Plus
SonicWall NSa Series
Compliance
pfSense Plus
SonicWall NSa Series
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
pfSense Plus
SonicWall NSa Series
Industries
pfSense Plus
SonicWall NSa Series
Regions
pfSense Plus
SonicWall NSa Series
Vendor
Company
pfSense Plus
NetgateSonicWall NSa Series
SonicWallHeadquarters
pfSense Plus
Austin, Texas, USASonicWall NSa Series
Milpitas, California, USACompany size
pfSense Plus
201-500SonicWall NSa Series
1,000+Founded
pfSense Plus
2000SonicWall NSa Series
1991