# pfSense+ Security Gateway: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/pfsense-security-gateway

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Next-generation firewalls](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/next-generation-firewalls/index.md) | 0% | 46 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "If you have technical staff and want maximum customization: Choose pfSense+" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Firewalls)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named pfSense+ Security Gateway, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- byteplus.com: 1
- fortinet.com: 1
- gbhackers.com: 1
- mspcompared.com: 1
- reddit.com: 1
- simplifinetworks.com: 1
- solutions.trustradius.com: 1
- techrepublic.com: 1
- thenetworkinstallers.com: 1
- websentra.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://byteplus.com/en/topic/579571: 1
- https://fortinet.com/products/network-firewall-pricing: 1
- https://fortinet.com/products/next-generation-firewall/fortigate-vs-pan: 1
- https://gbhackers.com/ngfw-solutions-compared-features-pricing: 1
- https://mspcompared.com/best/firewall: 1
- https://reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/1sv8t0c/next_gen_firewall_suggestions: 1
- https://reddit.com/r/networking/comments/zx35on/in_the_market_for_a_new_ngfw: 1
- https://reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1in38ow/hi_guys_what_is_your_opinion_and_experience_of_a: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.