Firewall |
License |
Cost |
OS |
Clavister |
Proprietary |
Included on all Clavister NGFWs |
Proprietary operating system cOS Core |
Check Point |
Proprietary |
Included on Check Point security gateways |
Proprietary operating system Check Point IPSO and Gaia (Linux-based) |
FortiGate |
Proprietary |
Included on all Fortigate devices |
Proprietary, FortiOS,
Based on the Linux kernel |
Palo Alto Networks |
Proprietary |
Included on Palo Alto Networks firewalls |
Proprietary, PAN-OS,
Based on the Linux kernel |
Sophos |
Proprietary |
Included on Sophos UTM |
Linux-based appliance |
Cisco Firepower |
Proprietary |
Included on newer CISCO ASA devices which support the Firepower services module or Firepower Threat Defense |
Proprietary operating system.
Based on the Linux kernel. |
Cisco PIX |
Proprietary |
Included on all CISCO PIX devices |
Proprietary operating system |
Juniper SSG |
Proprietary |
Included on Netscreen security gateways |
Proprietary operating system ScreenOS |
Juniper SRX |
Proprietary |
Included on SRX security gateways |
Proprietary operating system Junos |
SonicWall |
Proprietary |
Included on Dell appliance |
Proprietary operating system SonicOS
Based on the Linux kernel |
Barracuda Firewall |
Proprietary |
Included Firewall Next Generation appliance |
Windows-based appliance embedded firewall distribution |
Cyberoam |
Proprietary |
Included Firewall Sophos appliance |
Windows-based appliance embedded firewall distribution |
D-Link |
Proprietary |
Included Firewall DFL |
Windows-based appliance embedded firewall distribution |
Endian Firewall |
Proprietary |
Free / Paid |
Linux-based appliance |
Forcepoint NGFW |
Proprietary |
Included on all Forcepoint NGFW devices |
Proprietary operating system |
OPNsense |
Simplified BSD / FreeBSD License |
Free / Paid |
FreeBSD-based appliance firewall distribution |
pfSense |
Apache 2.0 / Proprietary (Plus) |
Free / Paid |
FreeBSD-based appliance firewall distribution |
Zeroshell (Discontinued) |
GPL |
Free / Paid |
Linux/NanoBSD-based appliance firewall distribution |
SmoothWall |
GPL |
Free / Paid |
Linux-based appliance embedded firewall distribution |
IPFire |
GPL |
Free (Donations welcomed) |
Linux-based appliance embedded firewall distribution |
WatchGuard |
Proprietary |
Included on all Firebox devices |
Proprietary, Fireware OS,
Based on the Linux kernel |
WinGate |
Proprietary |
Free / Paid |
Windows-based appliance embedded firewall distribution |