Top rated Firewalls
Here's a ranking of the top rated products in this category. To give you a quick overview, we've also added some key information about the products.
1. Zyxel UsgFlex 200 & UTM 1J.
The Zyxel ZyWALL USG FLEX 200 is a powerful firewall solution specifically designed for small and medium-sized businesses as well as for home office use. With a comprehensive UTM bundle that includes a one-year subscription to antivirus, intrusion detection and prevention (IDP), application security (AS), and content filtering (CF), this device offers robust protection against various threats. The firewall is rack-mountable and supports a wide range of network protocols, including Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet. With an impressive firewall throughput of up to 1.8 Gbps and a high capacity for simultaneous TCP sessions, the USG FLEX 200 is ideal for high-traffic environments. Its integrated security features and the ability to manage multiple VPN tunnels simultaneously make it a flexible and reliable solution for network security.
- Firewall throughput of up to 1.8 Gbps for high performance
- Supports up to 600,000 simultaneous TCP sessions
- Integrated security features such as web filtering and anti-malware
- Up to 100 simultaneous IPSec VPN tunnels and 60 SSL VPN users
- Rack-mountable design for easy integration into existing networks.
2. Zyxel USG FLEX 200
Introducing the USG Series USG FLEX, offering a higher level of performance and flexibility. The USG FLEX platform continues the tradition of making leading technologies available while providing a full range of security subscriptions with seamless, scalable gateway access. The Zyxel Security Cloud is constantly learning from threat intelligence collection. The USG FLEX Series supports advanced anti-malware with Cloud Query Express mode that expands billions of signatures. Querying using Cloud Query with a high detection rate helps to check file hash values in seconds. USG FLEX integrates threat intelligence from leading cybersecurity companies and organizations for scaled file and real-time threat intelligence. Broader malware coverage with a multi-source database increases threat detection accuracy. USG FLEX is designed with multilayer protection against multiple inbound and outbound threat types. Anti-malware, URL threat filtering, and intrusion prevention block external attacks, while application intelligence and web filtering allow you to restrict inappropriate application use or web access by users. Add Unified Threat Management (UTM) and Hospitality service in the bundle to get the protection and network access that meets your network needs. You can also choose a single license at any time, depending on your needs, such as Web Filtering, Anti-Malware, SecuReporter Premium, and more. This platform achieves firewall performance up to 125%. It maximizes UTM performance by minimizing processing power and provides an additional 500% UTM performance with Cloud Query Express mode. The USG FLEX Series dashboard summarizes traffic and visualizes threat statistics in a user-friendly way. Use SecuReporter for further threat analysis with correlation features. This allows you to proactively track network status to prevent the next threat event.
3. Zyxel USGFLEX 500 & UTM 1 year
The Zyxel Security Cloud continuously learns from the collection of threat information. The USG FLEX series supports advanced anti-malware with the Cloud Query Express mode, which expands billions of signatures. The query via Cloud Query with a high detection rate aids in the rapid verification of file hash values. The USG FLEX integrates threat information from leading companies and organizations in the field of cybersecurity for scaled information on file and real-time threat data. The broader malware coverage with a multi-source database increases accuracy in threat detection. USG FLEX is designed with multilayer protection against multiple incoming and outgoing threat types. Anti-malware, URL threat filtering, and intrusion prevention block external attacks, while application intelligence and web filtering allow you to restrict inappropriate use of applications or web access by users.
Add Unified Threat Management (UTM) and Hospitality Service in a bundle to receive the protection and network access that meets your networking needs. You can also choose a single license at any time based on your requirements, such as web filtering, anti-malware, SecuReporter Premium, and more. The redesigned platform achieves firewall performance of up to 125%. It maximizes UTM performance by minimizing computing power and offers an additional 500% UTM performance with the Cloud Query Express mode. The dashboard of the USG FLEX series summarizes traffic in a user-friendly manner and visualizes threat statistics. Utilize SecuReporter for further threat analysis with correlation features, allowing proactive tracking of network status to prevent the next threat event.
4. Zyxel USG Flex 50
Firewall: Zyxel USG FLEX 50
The USG FLEX 50/50AX is equipped with a cloud management platform that enhances VPN connections between branches and offices with a security solution tailored to your needs. The USG FLEX 50/50AX offers protection without excessive costs or complexity.
Nebula Integration
The USG FLEX 50/50AX is integrated into the Nebula Cloud Management family, providing the same user-friendly management interface along with simplified configuration and updates. Network functions and management services are seamlessly migrated to the cloud and optimized for the efficient management of distributed networks.
Features:
- 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ports: 4 x LAN/DMZ, 1 x WAN
- 1 x USB 3.0 Port
- Console Port: RJ45
- SPI Firewall Throughput: 350 Mbps
- VPN Throughput: 90 Mbps
- VPN IMIX Throughput: 40 Mbps
- Max. TCP Concurrent Sessions: 20,000
- Recommended Gateway-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels: 5
- Max. Concurrent IPsec VPN Tunnels: 10
- Concurrent SSL VPN Users: 5 / 15
- VLAN Interface: 8.
5. Zyxel Usg20w-Vpn
The Zyxel USG20W-VPN is a powerful firewall solution specifically designed for small workgroups and home offices. It combines a fanless design approach with an integrated Wi-Fi access point that offers dual-band connectivity (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) according to the Wi-Fi 5 standard (802.11ac). With a maximum Wi-Fi data transfer rate of up to 1300 Mbps and a firewall throughput of 350 Mbps, this device ensures a reliable and fast network connection. The USG20W-VPN supports up to 10 IPSec VPN tunnels and 15 simultaneous SSL VPN connections, enabling secure connections for remote sites and mobile employees. Additionally, the firewall provides comprehensive protection through advanced security features, including a spam filter and content filters. Its compact design and reduced power consumption make the USG20W-VPN an ideal choice for modern work environments where efficiency and security are top priorities.
- Fanless design for quiet operation and reduced power consumption
- Support for IPSec, L2TP, and SSL VPN connections
- Maximum VPN data throughput of 1300 Mbps
- Integrated Wi-Fi access point with dual-band functionality
- Comprehensive security features, including spam filter and content filter.
6. Zyxel ATP500 & Gold licence 1J.
The ATP500 from Zyxel is an Advanced Threat Protection firewall designed for companies with high security requirements. Cloud intelligence elevates network protection to a whole new level, especially against new and unknown threats. The firewalls support well-known Zyxel security services such as web and application security, malware blockers, etc., as well as sandboxing and botnet filtering. An appealing ATP dashboard provides a quick overview of currently detected threats. With the latest software and hardware, the ATP firewall delivers very high performance, even when all security features are in use.
Cloud intelligence receives unknown files or user patterns from requests across all ATP firewalls. It then identifies and archives the inspection results in the cloud threat database. The highest-rated threats are shared with all ATP firewalls, ensuring that they are continuously protected against new unknown threats. With real-time cloud synchronization, cloud intelligence is continuously evolving into a security defense ecosystem. All ATP firewalls are synchronized with cloud intelligence and adaptively respond to every new threat.
Sandboxing utilizes an isolated environment in the cloud to analyze unknown files that cannot be identified by existing local security tools such as antivirus software. Sandboxing evaluates the behavior of files in an isolated environment to detect potential threats. This approach allows for the detection of completely new and unknown malware, preventing it from entering a network. The cloud sandbox of the ATP firewall series, in conjunction with cloud intelligence, provides optimal protection against all types of zero-day attacks.
7. Deciso DEC750 - OPNsense Desktop Security Appliance
This model includes 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB Solid State Flash and can handle up to 8.5 Gbps firewall and 1.2 Gbps IPsec throughput (AES256GCM16).
OPNsense is Deciso's fast-growing open source firewall and security platform released under an Open Source Initiative approved licence. Its rich feature set is combined with the benefits of open and verifiable sources.
All functions can be accessed from the easy-to-use graphical interface, which comes with a built-in search function for quick navigation. With functions such as the built-in intrusion prevention system and two-factor authentication for secure connection with mobile users, protecting your network has never been easier.
8. Zyxel ATP200, ATP firewall with sandbox incl. gold license for 1 year
Cyberattacks are multiplying today in large numbers, with various forms of threats developing, including crypto-jacking, malware, an increasing spread of ransomware variants, and many more dangers. The ZyWALL ATP firewall is equipped with Smart Cloud Intelligence. This guarantees uninterrupted, seamless protection against all these highly advanced persistent threats and provides ultimate, in-depth protection against unknown attacks in the future. Multilayer protection through standard bundled security services can block malicious and suspicious data transfers, ensuring the proper functioning of your business network. Zyxel Cloud Intelligence identifies unknown files from all ATP firewalls, collects the results in a database, and provides daily updates to all ATP firewalls.
This transforms every new threat into new information. Thus, the security ecosystem continuously evolves and adapts to new, highly advanced attacks at any time. Sandboxing is an isolated cloud environment that contains unknown file types to identify new malware types that cannot be detected by traditional static security mechanisms. This enables protection against new attack variants on the same day. The ATP firewall dashboard provides user-friendly overviews of traffic and threat statistics. Users can also conduct further comprehensive threat analyses with the help of SecuReporter. The ATP firewall dashboard displays a traffic overview since the last reboot, as well as detailed threat statistics from the past seven days, including the number of hits.
9. Zyxel USGFLEX 500H (Device only) Firewall
Zyxel USG FLEX 500H Firewall
The USG FLEX H series offers protection, fast Virtual Private Network (VPN), and Unified Threat Management (UTM). Its multi-layered approach safeguards the firewall, network infrastructure, and users. The hardware is based on Zyxel and the AI Security Cloud architecture.
Powerful Hardware
The next-generation multi-core hardware and Fastpath technology enable efficient data processing. The performance of the USG FLEX H series is tripled, optimizing CPU usage to meet network demands.
Nebula Cloud Management
With Nebula, Zyxel's cloud management platform, access points, switches, routers, and firewalls can be centrally configured and managed. The consolidation of device information provides stronger network protection.
Cloud Cybersecurity with AI
Network threats are constantly evolving, which is why network protection is continuously updated by the AI-powered firewall. It blocks harmful threats and restricts inappropriate user behavior when necessary. The USG FLEX H series relies on AI-driven cloud technology for comprehensive protection, including sandboxing, anti-malware, DNS/IP/URL filtering, IPS, and application scanning in enterprises.
Features:
- 10,000 Mbps SPI Firewall Throughput
- 2,500 Mbps UTM Throughput
- 2,000 Mbps VPN Throughput
- 2x 2.5-GbE Interfaces
- 2x 2.5-GbE/PoE+ Interfaces (802.3at, total 30W)
- 8x 1-GbE Interfaces
- 1x USB 3.0 Port
- Console Port (RJ-45)
- Rack-mountable
- Dimensions: 30 x 18.2 x 4.35 cm
- Weight: 1.64 kg.
10. Zyxel Firewall ATP700 with Gold license for 1 year
Zyxel Firewall ATP700 and Gold License for 1 Year, Application Area: Enterprise, Business, Small/Medium Business, Security Features: Sandboxing, Firewall Throughput: 6000 Mbit/s, SFP Ports: 2, RJ-45 Ports: 12, WAN Ports: 0. The ATP series from Zyxel is an Advanced Threat Protection firewall designed for companies with high security demands. Cloud intelligence elevates network protection to a whole new level—especially against new, unknown threats. The firewalls support not only well-known Zyxel security services such as web and application security, malware blockers, etc., but also sandboxing and botnet filtering. An intuitive ATP dashboard provides a quick overview of currently detected threats. With the latest software and hardware, the ATP firewall delivers very high performance, even when all security features are in use. Cloud intelligence receives unknown files or user patterns from requests across all ATP firewalls. It then identifies and archives the inspection results in the cloud threat database. The highest-rated threats are communicated to all ATP firewalls, ensuring continuous protection against new unknown threats. With real-time cloud synchronization, cloud intelligence continuously evolves into a security defense ecosystem. All ATP firewalls are synchronized with cloud intelligence and respond adaptively to every new threat. Sandboxing utilizes an isolated environment in the cloud to analyze unknown files that cannot be identified by existing local security tools like antivirus.
