Untangle is described as 'Platform for deploying network based applications. The platform unites these applications around a common GUI, database and reporting. Applications on the Untangle platform inspect network traffic simultaneously, which greatly reduces the resource requirements of' and is a Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Untangle for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Untangle alternative is OpenWrt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Untangle are OPNsense, pfSense, DD-WRT and ClearOS.