pfSense

Name: pfSense
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

112 likes

pfSense is a free and open source firewall and router that also features unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, and more.

Cost / License

Freemium (Subscription)
Open Source (Apache-2.0)

Application typeApplication types

Origin

United States

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Features

OpenVPN
Integrated Virus scanner
Load balancing
Virtual LAN
Firewall
DHCP Server
No registration required
Spam Filter
RADIUS Services
Zabbix monitoring
LDAP support
Content Filtering

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29 days ago
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about 2 months ago
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Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

OnlyHardOfficial

★★★★★

Mar 18, 2021

its Free | But i Prefer OPNSense

Top Negative Comment

Zazucki

★★★★★

Mar 18, 2022

Read this: https://teklager.se/en/pfsense-vs-opnsense/ Especially the part under "Politics, drama & bad blood between the two projects"

Guest

★★★★★

Jan 24, 2022

pfSense is a free and has many features to cater needs for small to medium sized business environments.

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Shara

★★★★★

Mar 4, 2021

It's simple, and it just work.

Wolfram Schmidt

★★★★★

Aug 26, 2020

I'd say the best firewall software around. Full feature and runs, runs, runs. The fitting netgate hardware is rock solid.

karlblass

CommentMar 7, 2017

To me the best firewall software / solution there is.

Unwasted_Youth

★★★★★

Jul 15, 2014

Used pc & a pair of network cards + $0 pfsense

If you're a masochist add wifi, but at least employ Ubiquiti UniFi.

7 of 8 comments

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What is pfSense?

pfSense is an open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall, and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution, making it a fully qualified UTM device. pfSense is a popular project with more than 1 million downloads since its inception, and proven in countless installations ranging from small home networks protecting a PC and an Xbox to large corporations, universities and other organizations protecting thousands of network devices.

pfSense information

Developed by
Netgate
Licensing
Open Source (Apache-2.0) and Freemium product.
Pricing
Subscription ranging between $129 and $799 per month + free version with limited functionality.
Written in
PHP
Rating
Average rating of 4
Alternatives
31 alternatives listed
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Supported Languages
- English