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Cisco Firepower 4100 Series vs. pfSense

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Firepower 4100 Series

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Firepower 4100 Series’ 1-rack-unit size is presented by the vendodr as ideal at the Internet edge and in high-performance environments. They further state that it shows what’s happening on your network, detects attacks earlier so you can act faster, and reduces management complexity.N/A

    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
    Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriespfSense
    Editions & Modules
    Firepower 4100
    50,000-250,000
    per appliance
    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
    Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriespfSense
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriespfSense
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Firepower 4100 Series and pfSense
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    pfSense
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.04 Ratings5.010 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.04 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.03 Ratings4.011 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.04 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP10.03 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console9.04 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.04 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    VPN10.04 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    High Availability10.04 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection10.04 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Proxy Server5.52 Ratings6.111 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriespfSense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.6
    (24 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)