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| Product | Sophos Firewall by Sophos View product | pfSense Plus by Netgate View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | What does Sophos Firewall do? It covers SD-WAN and TLS 1.3 decryption. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals. | 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 Appliance | Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices | SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: yes | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | CloudOn-Premise | CloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud | Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual |
| Data residency | Global; US; EU; APAC | 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 | Network perimeterBranch officesMulti-cloud | Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V |
| Compliance | Common CriteriaICSA LabsPCI-DSS | SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Sophos CentralIntercept XActive Directory | Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS |
| Industries | Cross-industryEnterpriseRetailBranch Offices | SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Sophos | Netgate |
| Headquarters | Oxford, United Kingdom | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Company size | 6,000+ | 201-500 |
| Founded | 1985 | 2000 |
Overview
What it is
Sophos Firewall
What does Sophos Firewall do? It covers SD-WAN and TLS 1.3 decryption. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.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
Sophos Firewall
Next-Generation Firewall AppliancepfSense Plus
Commercial Firewall & Secure GatewayBest for
Sophos Firewall
Cross-industry, Enterprise, Retail, Branch OfficespfSense Plus
SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, RetailPricing
Pricing model
Sophos Firewall
Contact VendorpfSense Plus
Contact VendorFree trial
Sophos Firewall
Free trial: yespfSense Plus
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Sophos Firewall
pfSense Plus
Deployment details
Sophos Firewall
Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; CloudpfSense Plus
Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; VirtualData residency
Sophos Firewall
Global; US; EU; APACpfSense Plus
On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure RegionsKey features
What it offers
Sophos Firewall
- Xstream architecture
- Deep packet inspection
- TLS 1.3 decryption
- Zero-day threat protection
- SD-WAN
- Firewall / NGFW
- Network 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
Sophos Firewall
API access: yespfSense Plus
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Sophos Firewall
SSO: yespfSense Plus
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Sophos Firewall
RBAC: yespfSense Plus
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Sophos Firewall
Multi-tenant: yespfSense Plus
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Sophos Firewall
Mobile app: nopfSense Plus
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Sophos Firewall
pfSense Plus
Compliance
Sophos Firewall
pfSense Plus
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Sophos Firewall
pfSense Plus
Industries
Sophos Firewall
pfSense Plus
Regions
Sophos Firewall
pfSense Plus
Vendor
Company
Sophos Firewall
SophospfSense Plus
NetgateHeadquarters
Sophos Firewall
Oxford, United KingdompfSense Plus
Austin, Texas, USACompany size
Sophos Firewall
6,000+pfSense Plus
201-500Founded
Sophos Firewall
1985pfSense Plus
2000