pfSense Alternatives

pfSense is described as 'Free and open source firewall and router that also features unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, and more' and is a very popular Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to pfSense for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Web-based, iPhone and BSD apps. The best pfSense alternative is OPNsense, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like pfSense are IPFire, MikroTik RouterOS, Sophos UTM and ClearOS.

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  1. A modern replacement for Sophos UTM based on Sophos, Cyberoam and Astaro technology combined.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. ZeroShell icon
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    Zeroshell is a Linux distribution for servers and embedded devices aimed at providing the main network services a LAN requires. It is available in the form of Live CD or Compact Flash image and you can configure and administer it using your web browser.

    10 ZeroShell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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  3. OpenWISP icon
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    OpenWISP is a free and open-source platform for efficient IT network deployment, monitoring & management. It allows automation of many aspects of networks: from configuration to monitoring, RADIUS, hotspots, mesh and firmware upgrades, all backed by the reliability of the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Kerio Control icon
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    Protect your network from viruses, malware and malicious activity with Kerio Control, the easy-to-administer yet powerful all-in-one security solution.

    13 Kerio Control alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Contrail Networking is a software-defined networking (SDN) platform based on the open-source network virtualization project, OpenContrail. The Juniper platform automates and orchestrates the creation of highly scalable virtual networks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. CacheGuard Gateway is a free and open-source Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution, a Web Application Firewall (WAF), and a Quality of Service (QoS) platform designed to optimize WAN traffic. To obtain a CacheGuard Gateway appliance, download CacheGuard-OS and install it on...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • VirtualBox
    • Self-Hosted
    • VMware vSphere Hypervisor
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server
    • Proxmox Virtual Environment
     
  7. Zorp GPL icon
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    Zorp GPL is a next generation, open source proxy firewall with deep protocol analysis. It allows you to inspect, control, and modify traffic on the application layer of the ISO/OSI model. Decisions can be made based on data extracted from the application-level traffic (for...

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Centralized manager for Open Source firewalls

    Automate certain administrative tasks All your firewalls are accessible in 1 click Auto-connect your firewalls to DynFi Manager pfSense® and OPNsense® compatible manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. LibreMesh icon
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    LibreMesh is a set of modules extending the OpenWrt router distribution to create self-configuring wireless and wired mesh networks.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • OpenWrt
    • LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment
     
  10. BSD Router Project (BSDRP) is an embedded free and open source software router distribution based on FreeBSD with FRRouting (Quagga fork) and Bird.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. OpenContrail icon
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    OpenContrail is an Apache 2.0-licensed project that is built using standards-based protocols and provides all the necessary components for network virtualization–SDN controller, virtual router, analytics engine, and published northbound APIs.

    Cost / License

    Application type

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. DANOS icon
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    DANOS unified network operating system driving innovation across the networking stack. DANOS is based upon Vyatta and uses DPDK so it should be able to forward packets line rate (10G).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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