NetVallum vs Domotz: monitoring every device vs managing your pfSense fleet
Domotz and NetVallum are both used by MSPs, but they solve different problems. Domotz is a broad, multi-vendor network monitor — it discovers and watches every IP device on a site and treats a pfSense firewall as one more device. NetVallum is purpose-built for pfSense: it doesn't just watch the firewall, it manages it — rules, NAT, VPN, firmware and configuration — across an unlimited multitenant fleet.
If your job is to keep an eye on everything on a client's LAN, Domotz is a capable tool. If your job is to run and secure a fleet of pfSense firewalls for many customers, that's exactly what NetVallum is built to do.
Where Domotz is strong
We'd rather be honest than oversell. Choose Domotz if:
- You need to monitor many device types and vendors on one network, not just firewalls.
- You want features like remote power management (UPS, PDUs, smart plugs) and broad device discovery.
- pfSense is a small part of what you manage and you don't need to change its configuration remotely.
Where NetVallum is different
| Domotz | NetVallum | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Any IP device, multi-vendor | pfSense-native, in depth |
| pfSense config management (rules, NAT, aliases, DHCP/DNS, interfaces) | — | ✓ |
| VPN orchestration (WireGuard / IPsec / OpenVPN) + topology editor | — | ✓ |
| Remote firmware upgrades (incl. scheduled) | — | ✓ |
| Boot-environment management | — | ✓ |
| Config backups | Basic backup / restore | Encrypted, tamper-proof + offline cache |
| Collective threat protection (NetVallum Shield) | — | ✓ |
| Managed TLS (browser-trusted Let's Encrypt) | — | ✓ |
| Zero-touch / no-touch onboarding | Agent install | ✓ Seed-token |
| Multitenant white-label (distributor / partner / customer) | Multi-tenant dashboard | ✓ Full reseller hierarchy + own brand |
| NOC wall-display | — | ✓ |
| European by design, EU-hosted | — | ✓ |
Feature comparison based on publicly documented Domotz capabilities, verified August 2026. We only list differences we can verify — and we never compare on price.
The short version
Domotz answers “is everything on this network up?” across many vendors. NetVallum answers “is my whole pfSense fleet healthy, secure and correctly configured — and can I fix it from here?”, with the multitenant, white-label model MSPs actually need.