pfSense
Open-source firewall, routing, and VPN platform for network security
- Also known as
- pfsense
Available worldwide
What is pfSense?
A comprehensive network security solution offering firewall, VPN, and routing capabilities. Deployed across millions of installations globally, it serves organizations from small businesses to large enterprises and government agencies.
pfSense pricing
We don't have pfSense's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free community edition (pfSense CE) plus subscription-based pfSense Plus with cloud marketplace options
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (10)
Independently observed- AWS Marketplace
- Azure Marketplace
- FreeBSD
- FD.io VPP
- DPDK
- OpenVPN
- IPsec
- WireGuard
- Snort
- Suricata
pfSense alternatives
Other firewalls we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Zscaler Internet AccessCloud-native network security service that inspects encrypted traffic and enforces zero-trust access policies for web and SaaS applications.low · 9%
- Check Point QuantumAI-powered network security platform providing unified threat prevention and policy management across distributed environmentslow · 19%
- VyOSA network operating system providing routing, firewall, and VPN services for enterprise infrastructurelow · 26%
- Sophos FirewallA network security platform that consolidates firewall protection with automated threat detection and cross-product response across hybrid environmentslow · 3%
- Palo Alto Networks NGFWMachine learning-powered network security that protects across cloud and physical environments with unified controlslow · 3%
Compare pfSense
Side by side against other firewalls, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for pfSense, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 30 | 0.04 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 10 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |