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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Meraki MX

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACisco Meraki MX Firewalls is a combined UTM and Software-Defined WAN solution. Meraki is managed via the cloud, and provides core firewall services, including site-to-site VPN, plus network monitoring.

    $595

    per appliance

    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 Meraki MXpfSense
    Editions & Modules
    MX64
    $595
    per appliance
    MX67
    $695
    per appliance
    MX68
    $995
    per appliance
    MX84
    $1,995
    per appliance
    MX100
    $4,995
    per appliance
    MX250
    $9,995
    per appliance
    MX450
    $19,995
    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 Meraki MXpfSense
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Meraki MXpfSense
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    We continued using Cisco Meraki MX after taking over the client since they are familiar with it and enjoy the reporting it provides. We use pfSense for most new deployments as the controls it gives us are slightly better than the Cisco Meraki MX controls. That isn't to say …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Cisco Meraki MX is ideal for organizations with several sites requiring interconnectivity.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Meraki MX
    Meraki MX is really the easiest to configure, it is a very complete device that is at the level of a business network
    Incentivized
    Netgate (Rubicon Communications, LLC)
    Chose pfSense
    Meraki has a unified management login for all devices, which is nice. It also has decent content filtering, both areas where pfSense is weaker.

    Where pfSense far ouclasses Meraki is in the ease of use and the other width of features. These include features such as better VPN …
    Incentivized
    Chose pfSense
    pfSense always wins in the licensing realm. It requires little or no licensing to run and run forever. No ids/ips licensing, no advanced feature license, no remote access licensing. Download the community edition or buy the Netgate hardware and you are set going forward. There …
    Incentivized
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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
    Cisco Meraki MXpfSense
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Meraki MX and pfSense
    Feature
    Cisco Meraki MX
    7.9
    109 Ratings
    pfSense
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.3104 Ratings5.010 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.7102 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.1101 Ratings4.011 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls7.5100 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.090 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console6.4103 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.6107 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    VPN8.8102 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    High Availability9.1103 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection7.397 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Proxy Server6.957 Ratings6.111 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Meraki MXpfSense
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (145 ratings)
    9.6
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.2
    (112 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)