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Guide: How to Choose between Different Firewalla Products

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Product Recommendation

There is no subscription fee for all products

Buy Red

  • Internet speed: less than 100 Mb
  • Want a plug-and-play firewall at a budget
  • You have a small network  

Buy Blue

  • Internet speed: greater than 100 Mb and less than 500 Mb
  • Advanced power features not supported in Red (see feature comparison table)
    • Region (country) level blocking
    • Site to Site VPN
    • Web access

Buy Gold

  • Internet speed: 500 Mb to 1 Gb
  • Want network segmentation and VLAN
  • Want a state-of-the-art router+firewall combo
  • Higher performance than the Blue with no feature limitations
  • More CPU resources for customization scripts + docker containers.

 

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Hardware and Performance Comparison

 

Red
$109

Blue
$179

Gold
Order
Packet Processing Speed 100 Mb 500 Mb >3 Gb
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB 4096 MB
Number of Ports 1 1 4
Active Protect Entries 1000 10,000  40,000
CPU 32bit Quad Core ARM 1ghz 64bit Quad Core ARM 1ghz

64bit Quad-Core Intel  2.2ghz (AES NI)
VPN Encryption Speed 28 Mb 70 Mb 120 Mb
Storage  16 GB 16 GB 32 GB
Console Port None None 1
Power (Watt) ~5W ~5W ~10W to 12W
Size 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm 13 x 11 x 3.4 cm
Weight 1.52 oz / 43 g 1.59 oz / 45 g 19.9 oz / 565 g
Operating Temperature 32°F to 95°F (with airflow) 32°F to 95°F (with airflow) 32°F to 122°F (with airflow)

 

Software Features Comparison

 

Red

$109

Blue

$179

Gold

Order
Core Features
Active Protect (up-to-date threat detection and prevention for the whole network) ✔ ✔ ✔
Deep Insights ✔ ✔ ✔
Ad Block ✔ ✔ ✔
Family Protect, Safe Search, Family Time/Social Hour ✔ ✔ ✔
Device Management ✔ ✔ ✔
Device Groups  ✔ ✔ ✔
Manage Rules (Allow, Block, Domains, Categories) ✔ ✔ ✔
Alarms  ✔ ✔ ✔
Content Filtering (adult, gaming, video, ...) ✔ ✔  ✔
Bandwidth and Monthly Data Plan Monitoring ✔ ✔ ✔
VPN Server ✔ ✔ ✔
VPN Client ✔ ✔ ✔
DNS over HTTPS ✔ ✔ ✔
IPv6 ✔ ✔ ✔
DDNS ✔ ✔  ✔ 
Simple & DHCP Mode  ✔ ✔ ✔
Advanced Features   
Site to Site VPN Client only

1x connection

10x connections
Geo-IP Filtering / Regional Blocking  

3 Countries

no limit
Web Portal Access beta_large.webp   ✔ ✔
Custom or 3rd party software installation ✔ ✔ ✔
Inline Firewall     ✔
Docker Containers     ✔

Router Features

Router

     ✔

WAN (PPPoE, Static IP, DHCP, Triple-Play, VLAN)

     ✔

Network segmentation (preset network types,
inter-network traffic rules)

     ✔ 

VLAN

      ✔

Inbound and outbound per segment Firewall

     ✔

Disclaimer:  some of the features above may be in beta, and eventually be in production mode.

 

 

 

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    Frank J. Mandaro
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    Are there any subscription fees? Or do I just buy the hardware?

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    Support Team

    No, there is no subscription fee…

    You just buy the hardware and download the free mobile App.

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