pfSense
pfSense is a free and open source firewall and router that also features unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, and more.
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
Tags
- FOSS
- Zabbix compatible
- snort
- multi-wan
- Utm
- vpn-server
- traffic-shaper
- Caching Proxy
- Authentication
- captive-portal
- squidguard
pfSense News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- morgware updated pfSense
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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
Rating
Average rating of 4.2Alternatives
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- English
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Security & Privacy, Network & AdminGitHub repository
- 5,493 Stars
- 1,578 Forks
- 45 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
its Free | But i Prefer OPNSense
Read this: https://teklager.se/en/pfsense-vs-opnsense/ Especially the part under "Politics, drama & bad blood between the two projects"
pfSense is a free and has many features to cater needs for small to medium sized business environments.
It's simple, and it just work.
I'd say the best firewall software around. Full feature and runs, runs, runs. The fitting netgate hardware is rock solid.
To me the best firewall software / solution there is.
Used pc & a pair of network cards + $0 pfsense
If you're a masochist add wifi, but at least employ Ubiquiti UniFi.