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  5. Authy vs pfSense

Authy vs pfSense

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Overview

Authy
Authy
Stacks162
Followers174
Votes1
pfSense
pfSense
Stacks110
Followers95
Votes0

Authy vs pfSense: What are the differences?

What is Authy? The easiest way to add Two-Factor Authentication to any website or app. We make the best rated Two-Factor Authentication smartphone app for consumers, a Rest API for developers and a strong authentication platform for the enterprise.

What is pfSense? An open source firewall/router computer software distribution. It is an open source firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD. It is installed on a physical computer or a virtual machine to make a dedicated firewall/router for a network.

Authy and pfSense belong to "Security" category of the tech stack.

Twitch, Coinbase, and DuckDuckGo are some of the popular companies that use Authy, whereas pfSense is used by Rézoléo, Hamravesh, and TekFinest. Authy has a broader approval, being mentioned in 24 company stacks & 53 developers stacks; compared to pfSense, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

Authy
Authy
pfSense
pfSense

We make the best rated Two-Factor Authentication smartphone app for consumers, a Rest API for developers and a strong authentication platform for the enterprise.

It is an open source firewall/router computer software distribution based on FreeBSD. It is installed on a physical computer or a virtual machine to make a dedicated firewall/router for a network.

Very secure- We take security seriously. We use industry standard secure algorithms (HMAC RFC 4426) and 256 bits keys which are always encrypted at rest.;Fully redundant- The Authy API is deployed accross different PCI level 1 data-centers and it's fully redundant. We also use a DNS provider with anycast support. We've had 100% availability since 2011.;Great user experience- You connect to Authy using a transparent REST API which allows you to customize the experience you want for your users.;Fully mobile- We support any cellphone. We provide apps for all major phones (iPhone and Android) as well as text-messages for other cellphones.;No expensive & complex setups- Hardware dongles, servers, software licenses, setup costs...It's 2013, forget all that. Authy is bringing two-factor authentication to the present.
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI); GeoIP blocking
Statistics
Stacks
162
Stacks
110
Followers
174
Followers
95
Votes
1
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 1
    Google Authenticator-compatible
Cons
  • 2
    Terrible UI on mobile
No community feedback yet
Integrations
WordPress
WordPress
CloudFlare
CloudFlare
Squid
Squid
OpenVPN
OpenVPN
OpenLDAP
OpenLDAP

What are some alternatives to Authy, pfSense?

Let's Encrypt

Let's Encrypt

It is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).

Sqreen

Sqreen

Sqreen is a security platform that helps engineering team protect their web applications, API and micro-services in real-time. The solution installs with a simple application library and doesn't require engineering resources to operate. Security anomalies triggered are reported with technical context to help engineers fix the code. Ops team can assess the impact of attacks and monitor suspicious user accounts involved.

Instant 2FA

Instant 2FA

Add a powerful, simple and flexible 2FA verification view to your login flow, without making any DB changes and just 3 API calls.

ORY Hydra

ORY Hydra

It is a self-managed server that secures access to your applications and APIs with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect. It is OpenID Connect Certified and optimized for latency, high throughput, and low resource consumption.

Virgil Security

Virgil Security

Virgil consists of an open-source encryption library, which implements CMS and ECIES(including RSA schema), a Key Management API, and a cloud-based Key Management Service.

Clef

Clef

Clef is secure two-factor — built for consumers. Easy to use, integrate, and pay for.

ExpeditedSSL

ExpeditedSSL

Stop pouring through MAN pages and outdated blog posts that don't take into account new requirements. With our add-on, you can go from install to confirmed installation in as little as twenty minutes: using nothing but your browser.

Wazuh

Wazuh

It is a free, open source and enterprise-ready security monitoring solution for threat detection, integrity monitoring, incident response and compliance.

Detectify

Detectify

Detectify is a web security service that simulates automated hacker attacks on your website, detecting critical security issues before real hackers do. We provide you with descriptive reports of the results so that you can continue to build safe products

SSLMate

SSLMate

SSLMate is the easiest way for developers and sysadmins to buy SSL certificates.

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