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IPFire

More Than A Firewall. Your network. Your rules. No strings attached.

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IPFire is a professional-grade open-source firewall and security platform. It provides a stateful inspection firewall, VPN support (IPsec, WireGuard, OpenVPN), intrusion detection and prevention (Suricata), web proxy with content filtering, traffic shaping, network segmentation, and a web-based management interface. It is designed to run on commodity hardware and is free to download and use.

12 alternatives to IPFire

Ranked by how well each tool replaces IPFire: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

  1. pfSense

    Secure networks start here.™

    Covers 5 of 15 key features.

    Free planOpen source
    66 out of 100 matchContact sales

  2. OPNsense

    An open source, feature rich firewall and routing platform, offering cutting-edge network

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free planOpen source
    61 out of 100 matchFree

  3. Firezone

    Upgrade your VPN to zero-trust access

    Covers 1 of 15 key features.

    Free planOpen source
    60 out of 100 match$4.17/mo

  4. IVPN

    Audited, open-source VPN service with WireGuard, killswitch and tracker blocker. No logs,

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Open source
    59 out of 100 match$6/mo

  5. Pritunl

    Enterprise Distributed OpenVPN WireGuard and IPsec Server

    Covers 2 of 15 key features.

    Free planOpen source
    58 out of 100 match$10/mo

  6. netfilter.org (netfilter/iptables project)

    Community-driven open-source project providing packet filtering software for the Linux 2.4

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Open source
    58 out of 100 match—

  7. WireGuard

    WireGuard: fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Open source
    58 out of 100 match—

  8. Smoothwall

    Free open source firewall with its own security-hardened GNU/Linux operating system and a

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free planOpen source
    57 out of 100 matchContact sales

  9. I2P (Invisible Internet Project)

    A decentralized, privacy-focused overlay network for anonymous communication.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free planOpen source
    57 out of 100 matchFree

  10. Windscribe

    VPN service that's fast, reliable, & effective.

    Covers 2 of 15 key features.

    Free planOpen source
    56 out of 100 match$5.75/mo

  11. Proton VPN

    VPN service for private, secure internet access

    Covers 1 of 15 key features.

    Free planOpen source
    56 out of 100 matchContact sales

  12. anyIP

    Residential and mobile proxy platform built by engineers

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    56 out of 100 match$25/mo