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pfSenseVyOS
Free

pfSense Community Edition is free. Netgate sells appliances and support subscriptions.

 Freemium

Open-source and royalty-free, with LTS releases distributed through the support portal and…

Self-hosted Self-hosted
  • Firewall, router, VPN server and traffic shaping in one web interface
  • Package system adds intrusion detection and DNS blocking
  • Routing, firewall and VPN in a single system
  • Runs on bare metal, cloud and edge hardware
  • Community Edition trails the Netgate appliance builds in release timing
  • FreeBSD hardware support is narrower than Linux for very new network cards
  • LTS builds are distributed through the support portal rather than a public download page
  • Aimed at network engineers rather than home users looking for a simple setup
Operating system, Self-hosted Operating system
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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