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Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways vs. pfSense

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Check Point Quantum Security Gateway Next Generation Firewall is a tiered firewall product. The base model includes the core firewall services, and can be upgraded to include anti-bot/virus/spam and sandboxing capabilities.

    $26,400

    starting list price for Quantum Force 9100 Base Configuration

    pfSense

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ApfSense is a firewall and load management product available through the open source pfSense Community Edition, as well as a the licensed edition, pfSense Plus (formerly known as pfSense Enterprise). The solution provides combined firewall, VPN, and router functionality, and can be deployed through the cloud (AWS or Azure), or on-premises with a Netgate appliance. It as scalable capacities, with functionality for SMBs. As a firewall, pfSense offers Stateful packet inspection, concurrent…

    $179

    per appliance

    Pricing
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewayspfSense
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    SG-1100
    $179
    per appliance
    SG-2100
    $229
    per appliance
    SG-3100
    $399
    per appliance
    SG-5100
    $699
    per appliance
    XG-7100-DT
    $899
    per appliance
    XG-7100-1U
    $999
    per appliance
    XG-1537
    $1,949
    per appliance
    XG-1541
    $2,649
    per appliance
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewayspfSense
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewayspfSense
    Considered Both Products
    Check Point Software Technologies
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    Netgate (Rubicon Communications, LLC)
    Chose pfSense
    I have not seen a single thing that these other products do that pfSense does not. In fact, the performance/throughput of pfSense is better in my opinion.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewayspfSense
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways and pfSense
    Feature
    Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    pfSense
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    Identification Technologies7.02 Ratings5.010 Ratings
    Visualization Tools10.01 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Content Inspection7.03 Ratings4.011 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.03 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP6.02 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console7.53 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.53 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    VPN9.03 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    High Availability8.53 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.03 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Proxy Server7.02 Ratings6.111 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Quantum Firewalls and Security GatewayspfSense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.6
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)