Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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pfSense is a great open source firewall solution that many use in the home lab, SMB, and even enterprise environments. However, you may be looking for something different. What are good pfSense alternatives that you should try? We look at 5 pfSense alternatives that are worth looking at.

Check out the written post covering the 5 solutions we talk about: virtualizationhowto.com/2024/06/pfsense-alternative-top-5-firewall-solutions

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Introduction - 0:00
Overview of pfSense - 0:42
Reasons to consider an alternative - 0:58
1. OPNsense - 1:17
OPNsense pros - 2:07
OPNsense cons - 2:26
2. Untangle - 2:48
Untangle Pros - 3:54
Untangle Cons - 4:15
3. Unifi Security Devices - 4:28
Unifi Security Devices Pros - 5:47
Unifi Security Devices Cons - 6:10
4. Sophos UTM Home Edition - 6:40
Sophos UTM Pros - 7:22
Sophos UTM Cons - 7:55
5. MikroTik RouterOS - 8:17
MikroTik RouterOS Pros - 9:19
MicroTik RouterOS Cons - 9:43
Be aware of enterprise firewall lab units - 10:24
Next-generation features are subject to argument - 11:00
Wrapping up 5 alternatives to pfSense open-source firewall - 11:36