Pangolin vs WatchGuard FireCloud

Pangolin combines a WireGuard-based VPN, reverse proxy, privileged access management, and identity-aware AI Gateway in an open-source security and networking platform. Administrators use identity and resource-level policies to grant users access to specified apps, hosts, and network ranges. WireGuard tunnels and NAT traversal let connected sites keep inbound firewall ports closed. The AI Gateway routes provider-native API requests to cloud and self-hosted models, with identity controls, budgets, session history, and usage analytics. Listed integrations include OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Amazon Bedrock, Vertex AI, Microsoft Foundry, OpenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway, Ollama, and vLLM. Pangolin offers Cloud and self-hosted options, with clients for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. The free Basic plan supports up to 5 users, 5 sites, 5 domains, 15 public resources, 15 private resources, and 5 machine clients. Team costs $4/user/mo; Business costs $9/user/mo. A 10-day trial is listed.

WatchGuard FireCloud is a managed, cloud-based firewall service designed to protect remote users from internet-based security threats. FireCloud Internet Access provides protected internet access; Total Access also connects users to local company-network resources without a VPN. Content scanning can use Gateway AntiVirus and APT Blocker to address threats including viruses, spyware, malicious applications and data leakage. FireCloud can also block botnets, SQL injections, cross-site scripting and buffer overflows. Application Control uses more than 1,800 signatures to identify and block more than 1,000 applications, including selected behaviors such as file transfer. Identity options include SAML providers such as AuthPoint, Microsoft Entra ID and Okta, along with WatchGuard Cloud Directory. Administrators can set centralized Zero Trust policies using factors such as location, time and user behavior. Total Access can use Virtual Gateways, Server Gateways or Fireboxes for private-resource access. Licensing is per user. The listed Internet Access plan for 1–50 licenses costs $97.75 a year per user license. Total Access has a free 30-day trial for up to 250 users.