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| Product | SonicWall NSsp Series by SonicWall View product | pfSense Plus by Netgate View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Looking for Firewall software? SonicWall NSsp Series by SonicWall provides 40/100GbE fiber ports for carrier-grade firewall throughput. Compare features and alternatives. | 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 | High-End Carrier-Grade Next-Gen Firewalls | Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway |
| Best for | Enterprise Data Centers, Telecom, Enterprise Core Data Centers, Cloud Providers | 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 | High-density Chassis Hardware; High-density modular chassis hardware appliance | Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual |
| Data residency | On-premises deployment | 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: no | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Enterprise CoreTelecomLarge Data Centers | Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V |
| Compliance | ICSA LabsCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2 | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | SonicWall Capture ATPCapture Security CenterSIEM platforms | Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS |
| Industries | Enterprise Data CentersTelecomEnterprise Core Data CentersCloud Providers | SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | SonicWall | Netgate |
| Headquarters | Milpitas, California, USA | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Company size | 1,000+ | 201-500 |
| Founded | 1991 | 2000 |
Overview
What it is
SonicWall NSsp Series
Looking for Firewall software? SonicWall NSsp Series by SonicWall provides 40/100GbE fiber ports for carrier-grade firewall throughput. Compare features and alternatives.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
SonicWall NSsp Series
High-End Carrier-Grade Next-Gen FirewallspfSense Plus
Commercial Firewall & Secure GatewayBest for
SonicWall NSsp Series
Enterprise Data Centers, Telecom, Enterprise Core Data Centers, Cloud ProviderspfSense Plus
SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, RetailPricing
Pricing model
SonicWall NSsp Series
Contact VendorpfSense Plus
Contact VendorFree trial
SonicWall NSsp Series
Free trial: nopfSense Plus
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
SonicWall NSsp Series
pfSense Plus
Deployment details
SonicWall NSsp Series
High-density Chassis Hardware; High-density modular chassis hardware appliancepfSense Plus
Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; VirtualData residency
SonicWall NSsp Series
On-premises deploymentpfSense Plus
On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure RegionsKey features
What it offers
SonicWall NSsp Series
- Carrier-grade firewall throughput
- 40/100GbE fiber ports
- Active-active clustering
- Massive connection capacity
- 100GbE connectivity
pfSense Plus
- Commercial firewall
- Automated cloud backup
- Multi-gigabit routing
- Zero-touch provisioning
- VPN
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network Security
- SD-WAN
Platform & access
API access
SonicWall NSsp Series
API access: yespfSense Plus
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
SonicWall NSsp Series
SSO: yespfSense Plus
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
SonicWall NSsp Series
RBAC: yespfSense Plus
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
SonicWall NSsp Series
Multi-tenant: nopfSense Plus
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
SonicWall NSsp Series
Mobile app: nopfSense Plus
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
SonicWall NSsp Series
pfSense Plus
Compliance
SonicWall NSsp Series
pfSense Plus
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
SonicWall NSsp Series
pfSense Plus
Industries
SonicWall NSsp Series
pfSense Plus
Regions
SonicWall NSsp Series
pfSense Plus
Vendor
Company
SonicWall NSsp Series
SonicWallpfSense Plus
NetgateHeadquarters
SonicWall NSsp Series
Milpitas, California, USApfSense Plus
Austin, Texas, USACompany size
SonicWall NSsp Series
1,000+pfSense Plus
201-500Founded
SonicWall NSsp Series
1991pfSense Plus
2000