Are pfSense CE and pfSense pro configuration backups compatible?

[joshgreyz]

I was having trouble finding this info, so does anyone know here if pfSense CE and pfSense pro configuration backups are compatible?

[jimp]

It's less about Plus vs CE and more about the config format.

Look at the table here: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/versions.html

Note the "Config Rev" column.

You can restore an older config revision to a system with a newer revision but not vice versa.

See https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/backup/restore-different-version.html for details.

Going from CE to Plus there isn't any concern about config items either.

Going from Plus to CE anything specific to Plus would end up just sitting unused in the configuration, it wouldn't be removed in most cases.