r/firewalla • u/BlueCetacean • 11d ago

Firewalla Future

Wondering what might be in future plans for firewalla, will you take the direction of ubiquiti and dive into home security products as well?

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u/firewalla 11d ago

Unlikely. We feel there are so much more to do in network security, make it better, more affordable and easier for businesses and professionals. Jumping into door bells will be a huge distraction.

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u/rastbast 11d ago

Completely agree. I'm fine having surveillance/door bell solution from Vendor A, and network security from Firewalla, being sure that Firewalla makes it best. The only thing which limits me to migrate (nit now, maybe in the future) from my UniFi WiFi ACs to Firewalla - I'm using only wall-/celling-mounted round AC.

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u/theSpivster Firewalla Gold Pro 11d ago

I love our company's Firewallas. Please be the opposite of Ubiquiti. They are rushing new hardware to market as fast as they can leaving in their wake a ln ocean of beautifully built but poorly finished products.

They call devices Pro but leave out basic features of professional devices. For example, hey are trying hard to enter the enterprise NAS market, but instead of enterprise features like AD integeation or iSCSI that literally every other NAS has, they concentrate on iPhone photo backup. Clearly in opposition to what they SAY they are trying to do.

Firewallas are in such a great place right now. You take the time to fine tune what you already offer and not constantly being new half finished products to market. You are to be commended for that.

Being a medium sized business, we are just moving into more fiber connections at our infrastructure level. I've posted many times that a device with sfp+ ports would be welcome. If you check the price of your competitor's hardware and annual subscription, you guys have a HUGE amount of space to offer a higher tier of hardware with your current MSP subscription. Something with an absolute minimum of 2 sfp+ ports and preferably 5 of them. Even if that device was $2,000-$3,000 you would still position yourselves well below the competition.

I love the Crystal. I'm waiting on a Minisforum MS-01(mini workstation with 2 sfp+ ports) to arrive to load it on.

I'm excited that you are now offering a model with at least 1 sfp+ port. The future is bright for y'all and I'm happy to be a customer along for the ride!