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Published by Outbound. We compare our app with other products and link to their documentation. Outbound is closed source and paid.
Pick Little Snitch if you want a mature firewall you can download today, with a traffic map, DNS encryption and automatic profile switching. Pick Outbound if your priority is per-app and per-host rules delivered to managed Macs with audit export, and you can wait for its release.
Read Outbound vs Little Snitch ›Pick LuLu if you want a free, open-source firewall with alerts, endpoint rules, profiles and block lists, available now. Pick Outbound if you need a command line, an MDM rule feed and exportable audit logs, and can accept closed source and a one-time price with no trial.
Read Outbound vs LuLu ›Pick Radio Silence if you want to block whole apps quietly, with no pop-ups, for a $9 one-time price. Pick Outbound if an app must keep working while you block some of the destinations it contacts.
Read Outbound vs Radio Silence ›Pick Murus if you want to manage the macOS pf packet filter, and Vallum if you want an app firewall that also filters inbound connections and ties rules to Wi-Fi network or interface. Pick Outbound if your priority is per-app outbound rules delivered by MDM with audit export.
Read Outbound vs Vallum and Murus ›Pick TripMode if your problem is data use on hotspots or expensive networks, with data limits and usage reports. Pick Outbound if you need to decide which hosts each app may reach, on any network.
Read Outbound vs TripMode ›The two established Mac firewalls side by side: rules, monitoring, encrypted DNS, licence and deployment, with Outbound alongside.
Read Little Snitch vs LuLu ›