NethSecurity vs Sophos Central Firewall Management
NethSecurity
nethsecurity.orgSophos Central Firewall Management
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| Figure | NethSecurity | Sophos Central Firewall Management |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €12.50/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 1 |
| Spec score · Unified Threat Management | 8.8 (#1) | 7.4 (#3) |
| Spec score · Firewall Software | 9.0 (#6) | 7.9 (#39) |
| Spec score · Network Firewall Software | 8.9 (#4) | 7.4 (#20) |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Headquarters | Pesaro, Italy | Abingdon, United Kingdom |
| Integrations | Netify Informatics is a third-party cloud service that uses NethSecurity DPI metadata to provide network intelligence and visibility. | Sophos Firewall coordinates response with Sophos Endpoint, Workspace Protection, and Email, and the product supports third-party threat feeds. |
| Purpose | NethSecurity is an OpenWrt-based unified threat management solution designed for small and medium-sized businesses. | Sophos Firewall is a next-generation firewall for protecting network traffic and responding to active threats. |
| Support | 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. | Sophos provides product support resources, support plans, downloads and updates, documentation, and community forums. |
Plans
NethSecurity
- CommunityFree
- PartnerFree
- Personal€150 a year
- Business€297 a year
- Partner +20 active subscriptionsPriced on request
Sophos Central Firewall Management
- Sophos Firewall Base LicensePriced 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.
Sophos Central Firewall Management
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