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AWS Shield vs pfSense: What are the differences?

AWS Shield: Managed DDoS Protection. AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards web applications running on AWS. AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency, so there is no need to engage AWS Support to benefit from DDoS protection; 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.

AWS Shield and pfSense can be primarily classified as "Security" tools.

According to the StackShare community, AWS Shield has a broader approval, being mentioned in 4 company stacks & 7 developers stacks; compared to pfSense, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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What is AWS Shield?

AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards web applications running on AWS. AWS Shield provides always-on detection and automatic inline mitigations that minimize application downtime and latency, so there is no need to engage AWS Support to benefit from DDoS protection.

What is pfSense?

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.

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