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Fort Firewall vs NethSecurity

Fort Firewall

github.com

NethSecurity

nethsecurity.org

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FigureFort FirewallNethSecurity
Price fromFree€12.50/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial—Yes
Open source—Yes
Web—Yes
WindowsYes—
Linux—Yes
API—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published15
Spec score · Firewall Software8.1 (#31)8.9 (#8)
PurposeFort Firewall is a firewall for Windows 7 and later that allows or blocks network access per program.NethSecurity is an OpenWrt-based unified threat management solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses.
SupportThe project directs users to report bugs and discuss ideas through its GitHub repository.The subscription page states that professional support response time is one business day during Monday-to-Friday business hours in the Italian time zone, excluding Italian holidays.

Plans

Fort Firewall

  • Fort FirewallFree

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NethSecurity

  • CommunityFree
  • PartnerFree
  • Personal€150 a year
  • Business€297 a year
  • Partner +20 active subscriptionsPriced on request

NethSecurity pricing →

In their own words

Fort Firewall

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NethSecurity

NethSecurity is an OpenWrt-based unified threat management solution for small and medium-sized businesses. It combines firewall, multi-WAN, content filtering, deep packet inspection, intrusion prevention, and VPN capabilities, including IPsec, OpenVPN, and WireGuard. Multi-WAN can balance connections, while traffic shaping applies minimum and maximum bandwidth settings. Threat Shield blocks known malicious IP addresses using named blocklists and confidence scores. NethSecurity is an open-source project and is currently available only for x86-64 systems; minimum requirements are 1 vCPU/core, 1 GB RAM, 1 GB disk, and two Ethernet cards. Its optional Controller runs on NethServer 8 and manages multiple installations remotely. Without a subscription, it can register up to three community firewalls; with a valid subscription, there is no unit limit, but only subscribed firewalls can be registered. Nightly automatic cloud backup is subscription-only. A 30-day trial activates the Business plan, but commercial support cannot be requested during the trial. Professional support response time is one business day during specified Italian business hours, excluding Italian holidays.

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