free Next-gen Firewall or NGFW

Here’s a table marking the free NGFWs I mentioned earlier based on the 17 features that traditional firewalls do not support. This will help highlight which features are supported by each NGFW.

Feature	OPNsense	Untangle (Home)	IPFire	pfSense	Endian (Community)	ClearOS
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Intrusion Detection and Prevention (IDPS)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Application Awareness and Control	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌
SSL/TLS Decryption and Inspection	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅
URL Filtering and Web Content Control	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Integrated Antivirus and Antimalware	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
Identity-Based Access Controls	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅
Threat Intelligence Integration	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
Cloud-based Threat Detection	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Centralized Management and Reporting	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Policy Enforcement across Multiple Layers	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
DNS Security	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅
Virtualization and Cloud Compatibility	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅
IoT and BYOD Security	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅
Layer 7 (Application Layer) Visibility	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
Automatic Policy Updates	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌

Legend:

✅: Feature supported
❌: Feature not supported