We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Forescout Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IoT Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"Live monitoring of what is happening inside and on the interfaces, either ingress or egress."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"The product is foolproof. It has done everything that we have needed with the amount of email that we receive, and it handles it quite well."
"Scalability is good; the company wants to be able to handle large customers."
"Emergency response, risk assessment information to get a view of the of the vulnerability."
"Forescout is easy to integrate with a lot of end systems."
"We really like that we get full visibility of devices in the local network."
"The most valuable features of the Forescout Platform are ease of management and outstanding visibility. The visibility is simple to obtain."
"The 802.1X compliance authentication feature of this solution is very good."
"Ease of deployment There's a great support team that becomes actively engaged whenever we encounter issues. Their technical support is amazing. Good documentation is available. The product is stable. The solution is highly scalable. I recommend using the solution because it gives verified control over the environment. It has a great visibility feature."
"Being able to actively identify the client without a certificate allows you to control every device on your network regardless of the make, model, and software running. This allows for end-to-end security."
"Obtaining visibility into the network and connected devices is very simple with this tool. It takes me three minutes to do a base deployment when all the parameters are available."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The analytics are weak."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"When we automate an email to send to a user, sometimes it gets blocked, but that has nothing to do with Forescout. It depends on the mail gateway that we use or integrate with."
"Other solutions have TACACS+, but Forescout does not. In the next release, I would like to see Forescout have accounting."
"The fact that Forescout Platform doesn't have a presence in the South African region is a weakness because of which you can't ask for help from them if you have any problems."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"It does not support the TACACS+ protocol."
"Forescout Platform could improve the integration or compatibility with other solutions, such as Chinese-made solutions. They do not have any integration with S33 which is a switch. They do not have good integration with new solutions in the market. They do integrate well with Rocket, Cisco, Juniper, and quite a few more but they could expand the integration."
"Forescout Platform's technical support is slow to respond and could be more knowledgeable."
"Forescout needs to improve its cloud management and remote connectivity."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 5th in IoT Security with 35 reviews while Forescout Platform is ranked 1st in IoT Security with 69 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Forescout Platform is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Armis. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Forescout Platform report.
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