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Network Firewall Solutions in AI answers

Data as of Oct 18, 2026Based on 467 AI responsesReviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky

AI summary

OPNsense holds a narrow lead over pfSense, with both open-source options heavily recommended for subscription-free appliances and custom hardware deployments. Sophos serves as the usual answer when small organizations seek an intuitive interface manageable by non-technical staff.

Most-mentioned brands

Rank and Mentioned in · since Jul 5

#	Brand	Recommended for	Mentioned in
1	OPNsense 43% open-source software with a modern GUI for custom hardware deployments	open-source software with a modern GUI for custom hardware deployments	43%
2	pfSense 42% mature open-source firewall software deployed on dedicated appliances without subscriptions	mature open-source firewall software deployed on dedicated appliances without subscriptions	42%
3	Palo Alto Networks 35% high-throughput enterprise inspection and credit-based virtual appliance pricing	high-throughput enterprise inspection and credit-based virtual appliance pricing	35%
4	Fortinet 29% high-performance data center throughput and competitive consumption-based cloud licensing	high-performance data center throughput and competitive consumption-based cloud licensing	29%
5	Firewalla 25% plug-and-play hardware appliances for home networks without subscription fees	plug-and-play hardware appliances for home networks without subscription fees	25%
6	FortiGateFortinet product line 24% integrated physical appliances delivering high price-to-performance throughput	integrated physical appliances delivering high price-to-performance throughput	24%
7	Cisco 23% enterprise private cloud deployments and security operations center infrastructures	enterprise private cloud deployments and security operations center infrastructures	23%
8	Netgate 21% pre-built, highly stable hardware appliances running subscription-free firewall systems	pre-built, highly stable hardware appliances running subscription-free firewall systems	21%
9	Sophos 19% user-friendly small business appliances featuring visual reporting and control widgets	user-friendly small business appliances featuring visual reporting and control widgets	19%
10	Suricata 19% open-source intrusion detection and prevention integrated into firewall environments	open-source intrusion detection and prevention integrated into firewall environments	19%
11	Ubiquiti 18%		18%
12	Protectli 15%		15%
13	Check Point 14%		14%
14	VyOS 12%		12%
15	Check Point MDR/MPRCheck Point product line 12%		12%
16	Wazuh 12%		12%
17	Fortinet FortiGateFortinet product line 11%		11%
18	Juniper Networks 11%		11%
19	Cisco Secure FirewallCisco product line 11%		11%
20	SonicWall 10%		10%
21	IPFire 10%		10%
22	WatchGuard 10%		10%
23	Zeek 10%		10%
24	ntopngNtop product line 9%		9%
25	Cisco MerakiCisco product line 8%		8%
26	Snort 7%		7%
27	OpenVAS 7%		7%
28	Wireshark 7%		7%
29	OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP)6%		6%
30	Fortinet FortiFlexFortinet product line 5%		5%
31	Tenable NessusTenable product line 5%		5%
32	UniFi 5%		5%
33	Zenarmor 5%		5%
34	Greenbone 4%		4%
35	OpenWRT 4%		4%
36	Trivy 4%		4%
37	Ubiquiti UniFi WiFiUbiquiti product line 4%		4%
38	UniFi · unifi.co 4%		4%
39	Darkstat 4%		4%
40	Sophos XGS Series FirewallSophos product line 4%		4%
41	Security Onion 4%		4%
42	SplunkOwned by Cisco 4%		4%
43	Greenbone Community EditionGreenbone product line 4%		4%
44	Tailscale 4%		4%
45	Elastic StackElastic product line 4%		4%
46	Cisco Meraki MX67Cisco product line 4%		4%
47	Elastic 4%		4%
48	osquery 4%		4%
49	Keycloak 4%		4%
50	Qualys 3%		3%
51	Nmap 3%		3%
52	ElasticsearchElastic product line 3%		3%
53	Firewalla Gold ProFirewalla product line 3%		3%
54	Twingate 3%		3%
55	Qotom 3%		3%
56	Velociraptor 3%		3%
57	Sophos XGS 88 3%		3%
58	Okta 3%		3%
59	Cisco Meraki MX68 3%		3%
60	MikroTik 3%		3%
61	Cisco FirepowerCisco product line 3%		3%
62	Cloudflare Zero TrustCloudflare product line 2%		2%
63	PRTG Network MonitorPaessler product line 2%		2%
64	OSSEC 2%		2%
65	Datadog 2%		2%
66	FortiGate 50GFortinet product line 2%		2%
67	Graylog 2%		2%
68	LogstashElastic product line 2%		2%
69	Bitwarden 2%		2%
70	CrowdStrike 2%		2%
71	ManageEngine Firewall AnalyzerManageengine product line 2%		2%
72	Microsoft Entra Connect SyncMicrosoft product line 2%		2%
73	TP-Link 2%		2%
74	Cloudflare AccessCloudflare product line 2%		2%
75	BandwidthD 2%		2%
76	Zscaler 2%		2%
77	FortiAnalyzerFortinet product line 2%		2%
78	ModSecurity 2%		2%
79	Gitleaks 2%		2%
80	Palo Alto Networks PA-5450 1%		1%
81	Ntop 1%		1%
82	IBM QRadar SIEMIBM product line 1%		1%
83	Firebox T25WatchGuard product line 1%		1%
84	Check Point CloudGuard NetworkCheck Point product line 1%		1%
85	FortiClientFortinet product line 1%		1%
86	SonicWall TZ370 1%		1%
87	Check Point CloudGuardCheck Point product line 1%		1%
88	tcpdump 1%		1%
89	Cisco Secure Firewall 4200 SeriesCisco product line 1%		1%
90	Ubiquiti UCG-Fiber 1%		1%
91	Cisco Meraki MX75 1%		1%
92	Intel 1%		1%
93	LimaCharlie 1%		1%
94	Softflowd 1%		1%
95	Juniper vSRXJuniper Networks product line 1%		1%
96	iftop 1%		1%
97	Cisco Secure Firewall 3100Cisco product line 1%		1%
98	Grafana 1%		1%
99	Zabbix 1%		1%
100	Semgrep 1%		1%