pfSense
The facts below are what the maker publishes about pfSense, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From pfSense's own pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| pfSense CE | — | Open-source Community Edition · Free download |
| pfSense Plus with TAC Lite | — | Limited number of tickets |
| pfSense Plus with TAC Pro | — | Unlimited tickets |
| pfSense Plus with TAC Enterprise | — | Unlimited tickets |
The facts
Each one read from pfSense's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Cloud availability
- The maker says pfSense software is available in the AWS and Azure marketplaces, including their US GovCloud regions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployments
- The maker describes hardware, virtual machine, and public cloud deployment options.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Extensibility
- A package system lets users add functionality to the base distribution.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker lists home and remote workers, businesses, government, education, and service providers among pfSense Plus users.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The download guide says installing from the USB memstick installer overwrites the entire hard drive and does not support dual booting with another OS.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Network features
- The documentation covers firewalling, routing, VLANs, multiple WAN connections, high availability, traffic shaping, and captive portal.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- pfSense is a free, open-source FreeBSD distribution designed to work as a firewall and router, managed through a web interface.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security process
- Netgate publishes security advisories and accepts vulnerability reports through its Security Team.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Software license
- The pfSense project source code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 open-source license.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- Netgate offers purchasable global support for self-installed software and virtual pfSense deployments.checked 7 Oct 2026
- VPN
- pfSense supports VPN options including IPsec, OpenVPN, and WireGuard.checked 7 Oct 2026
- VPN integration
- The OpenVPN documentation lists authentication against local users, LDAP, or RADIUS servers.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2004checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Austin, Texaschecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
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