We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"The performance is good."
"The multi-tenancy feature is most valuable. It integrates very well with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The email protection and VPN features are the most valuable."
"I appreciate FortiGate's flexibility, which allows for centralized management through FortiManager."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"The ease of setting the solution up is a valuable aspect for us."
"I think Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is one of the most advanced firewall platforms. I also like that it's easy to get top-level support right away. You get that security, and if you make a mistake, it doesn't break."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"Live monitoring of what is happening inside and on the interfaces, either ingress or egress."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"The ability to be deployed and supported remotely is valuable."
"Its central management, especially when it comes to distributed environments, is great. I can generate and save a setting and then apply that setting across the network with just one click."
"Cisco offers a great educational series to train users on their devices."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and level of security that this solution provides."
"It is a secure product."
"We moved from a legacy firewall to the ASA with FirePOWER, increasing our Internet Edge defense dramatically."
"The remote access, VPN, and ACL features are valuable. We are using role-based access for individuals."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"The most valuable feature we have found to be the VPN because we use it often."
"You do not have to do everything through a command line which makes it a lot easier to apply rules."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"The reporting in Fortinet FortiGate could improve. Customers are having to purchase additional reporting components. When I have used the Sophos solution it is a complete solution, in Fortinet FortiGate you have to use additional tools to have the features needed."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"In terms of what could be improved, the SD-WAN is quite difficult, because if you install the new box, 15 is okay, but if you change from an old configuration, if there is already configuration and a policy when you change to SD-WAN, you must change the whole policy that you see in the interface."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve the logging and reporting. Additionally, the next-generation application's policies should be improved. When they were released they had bugs."
"The routing capability on the FortiGate devices has room for improvement."
"The technical manuals, at times, have images that don't match the actual screens and are not always as clear as they could be on the configuration."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"Barracuda CloudGen Firewall should work a little bit more with the logs so that, in our company, we can generate a little bit more reports and get a bit more statistics, which would be fine for us."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"It is a good firewall, though not NextGen."
"I have found that Cisco reporting capabilities are not as rich as other products, so the reporting could be improved."
"The ability to better integrate with other tools would be an improvement."
"The licensing needs simplification."
"Firepower's user experience should be a little bit better."
"The initial setup could be simplified, as it can be complex for new users."
"Cisco makes horrible UIs, so the interface is something that should be improved."
"We only have an issue with time sync with Cisco ASA and NTP. If the time is out of sync, it will be a disaster for the failover."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks WildFire, whereas Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Cisco Secure Firewall report.
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