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OPNsense vs pfSense: catalog facts
OPNsense	pfSense
Free Free and open source, with donations accepted and an official shop.	Free pfSense Community Edition is free. Netgate sells appliances and support subscriptions.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Stateful firewall and routing managed through a web interface Regular releases with a public roadmap	Firewall, router, VPN server and traffic shaping in one web interface Package system adds intrusion detection and DNS blocking
Needs a dedicated machine or virtual machine to run Assumes some networking knowledge to configure well	Community Edition trails the Netgate appliance builds in release timing FreeBSD hardware support is narrower than Linux for very new network cards
Operating system	Operating system, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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