Murus vs NethSecurity
Murus
murusfirewall.com
NethSecurity
nethsecurity.orgSide by side
| Figure | Murus | NethSecurity |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $10/mo | €12.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 5 |
| Spec score · Firewall Software | 8.5 (#16) | 8.9 (#8) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Gazzuolo, Mantua, Italy | Pesaro, Italy |
| Support | Support is free for customers and users, with assistance provided directly by the developers at [email protected]. | 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. |
| What it does | Murus is a graphical front end for macOS's built-in PF (Packet Filter) network firewall. | NethSecurity is an OpenWrt-based unified threat-management Linux firewall aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. |
Plans
Murus
- Murus Basic — Single License$10 a month
- Murus Basic — Five Licenses Family Pack$15 a month
- Murus Pro — Single License$25 a month
- Pro Bundle — Single License$40 a month
- Pro Bundle — Five Licenses Family Pack$55 a month
- Murus LiteFree
- Murus Basic - Single License$10, paid once
- Murus Basic - Five Licenses Family Pack$15, paid once
- Murus Pro - Single License$25, paid once
- Pro Bundle - Single License$40, paid once
NethSecurity
- CommunityFree
- PartnerFree
- Personal€150 a year
- Business€297 a year
- Partner +20 active subscriptionsPriced on request
In their own words
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.