While pfSense has a clean user interface, I tend to find OPNsense easier to use and more logical, meaning that things are where you’d expect them to be. No matter what system you’re using, the user interface is extremely important as it’s what you use to interact with the system. We will look at some of that user-friendliness below. OPNsense is extremely customizable and has a bunch of different things you can configure, from VLANs to VPNs, and generally, is extremely user-friendly. Deciso sells hardware that you can purchase which comes pre-installed with OPNsense, but can also be installed on personal hardware or in a virtual machine. OPNsense has many of the same features as pfSense, but an entirely different GUI which we’ll take a look at below.
Similar to pfSense, OPNsense is a free and open source FreeBSD-based firewall, created by Deciso. One of the best things about pfSense is that there’s a really great community behind it, so if you have a question, want to implement something new, or need to learn how to troubleshoot an issue, there’s a great group of people who are willing to help. They also come with pfSense Plus included at no charge, whereas pfSense Community Edition is the version used for personal hardware.
While pfSense can be installed on older hardware or even virtualized, Netgate does sell devices that you can purchase which are extremely powerful and come with pfSense preinstalled. pfSense is as customizable as you want it to be, meaning that you can simply use it as a basic firewall and DHCP server, or customize it thoroughly and create VLANs, install packages, and even run WireGuard or OpenVPN on it to ensure you can access your network from anywhere. PfSense is a free, open-source firewall and router based on FreeBSD, created and maintained by Netgate. OPNsense to help explain their difference. OPNsense, we’re going to look at exactly what they are to try and help you understand their background a little better.
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