Free Firewall Alternatives

Free Firewall is described as 'full-featured professional firewall that protects against the threats of the Internet. Control every program on your computer by permit or deny access to the Internet. Free firewall notifies you when applications want to access the Internet in the background' and is a Firewall in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Free Firewall for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Android Tablet, VirtualBox and VMware vSphere Hypervisor apps. The best Free Firewall alternative is simplewall, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Free Firewall are GlassWire, BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control, TinyWall and Fort Firewall.

Free Firewall alternatives are mainly Firewalls but may also be Network Monitors or Anti-Malware Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Free Firewall.

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simplewall
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Network Monitor
Windows
29 simplewall alternatives
Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
- - simplewall is the most popular Windows alternative to Free Firewall.
- - simplewall is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Free Firewall.
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simplewall Features
1. Lightweightsimplewall consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Privacy focusedsimplewall is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
3. Ad-freesimplewall doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. Portablesimplewall can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
5. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in simplewall without registration.
6. No Trackingsimplewall will not track you or use your personal data.
Built-in Firewall
Outbound firewall
Built-in timer
GlassWire
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Freemium • Proprietary
Network Monitor
Firewall
Windows
Android
Android Tablet
62 GlassWire alternatives
GlassWire is a network security monitoring tool and analyzer that visualizes your network activity on an easy to use graph, alerts you of possible threats, manages your firewall, and more.
- - GlassWire is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Free Firewall.
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GlassWire Features
Network activity
Intuitive Interface
Block apps
Built-in Firewall
Graphical component
Graphs
Traffic Monitoring
Push subscriptions
Network Tools
Comments about GlassWire as a Alternative to Free Firewall
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The free version of GlassWire is not a firewall. Its only a traffic monitor.
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BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control
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Free • Proprietary
Firewall
Network Monitor
Windows
20 BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control alternatives
Windows Firewall Control is a powerful tool that extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides new extra features that make Windows Firewall better. It runs in the system tray and allows the user to control the native firewall easily without having to waste time...
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BiniSoft Windows Firewall Control Features
1. PortableBiniSoft Windows Firewall Control can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. LightweightBiniSoft Windows Firewall Control consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Application Blocker
TinyWall
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Windows
29 TinyWall alternatives
TinyWall is a free software to harden and control the advanced firewall built into Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. TinyWall includes a combination of features that sets it apart from both commercial and freeware firewalls: TinyWall does not annoy you with popups at all...
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TinyWall Features
1. Ad-freeTinyWall doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. LightweightTinyWall consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in TinyWall without registration.
Fort Firewall
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Free • Open Source
Firewall
Network Monitor
Windows
24 Fort Firewall alternatives
Simple firewall for MS Windows.
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Fort Firewall Features
1. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Fort Firewall without registration.
2. LightweightFort Firewall consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Ad-freeFort Firewall doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. PortableFort Firewall can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
5. Block TrackersFort Firewall has a feature to block trackers from tracking you.
6. Dark ModeFort Firewall supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
7. No TrackingFort Firewall will not track you or use your personal data.
Traffic shaping
SpyShelter
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Paid • Proprietary
Anti-Malware App
Firewall
Windows
52 SpyShelter alternatives
SpyShelter is an effective and easy-to-use security application that helps you to protect your system against known and unknown custom compiled malware.
- - SpyShelter is the most popular commercial alternative to Free Firewall.
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SpyShelter Features
1. Privacy focusedSpyShelter is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
2. No TrackingSpyShelter will not track you or use your personal data.
3. LightweightSpyShelter consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Malware AnalysisSpyShelter can inspect a suspicious file or URL to detect potential threats.
Keystroke Encryption
Webcam/Sound/Screen Protection
ZoneAlarm Firewall
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Freemium • Proprietary
Firewall
Windows
43 ZoneAlarm Firewall alternatives
ZoneAlarm Free Firewall blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals...
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Windows 10 Firewall Control
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Freemium • Proprietary
Firewall
Windows
27 Windows 10 Firewall Control alternatives
Protects your applications from undesirable network incoming and outgoing activity, controls applications internet access. Allows you to control personal information leakage via controlling application network traffic.
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Windows 10 Firewall Control Features
1. PortableWindows 10 Firewall Control can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
AppNetworkCounter
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Free • Proprietary
Network Monitor
Windows
49 AppNetworkCounter alternatives
appNetworkCounter is a simple tool for Windows that counts and displays the number of TCP/UDP bytes and packets sent and received by every application on your system.
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AppNetworkCounter Features
Email notifications
ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter
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Free • Proprietary
Network Monitor
Windows
45 ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter alternatives
Simple to use bandwidth monitoring software to track Internet bandwidth usage.It remains in tray and displays the bandwidth usage in current session, day and month. This will be helpful for those with limited bandwidth broadband/adsl connection.
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CacheGuard-OS
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Anti-Malware App
Windows
VirtualBox
VMware vSphere Hypervisor
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
Proxmox Virtual Environment
140 CacheGuard-OS alternatives
All CacheGuard products and services are focused on delivering secured and optimized Web contents to our clients. To achieve that goal we made CacheGuard OS which is our core product. Once installed on a virtual or hardware machine, CacheGuard OS turns it into a powerful Web...
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Vallum
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Paid • Proprietary
Firewall
Mac
36 Vallum alternatives
Monitors application connections and offers to pass or block these. It can be used to increase privacy or to transparently protect non-admin users from unwanted connections on multi-user macs.
- - Vallum is the most popular Mac alternative to Free Firewall.
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