We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Check Point CloudGuard Network Security 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."I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The Fortinet FortiGate local partners were good. I did not have direct contact with Fortinet support."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the SD-WAN and their IP4 policy."
"The application control features, such as Facebook blocking and Spotify blocking, are the most valuable."
"One of the valuable features is a standardized OS."
"Good load balancing feature."
"Single device, multiple functions - I do not need to purchase a web application firewall, a proxy server, a VPN device and so many others because these are all built in to this one device."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"The solution is stable."
"The encryption and the security standards are valuable."
"Most people are using enterprise applications remotely, and there is no license for SSL VPN, or in other words point-to-site. There is no limit on that. On other devices there is a specific limit and you have to pay per use for SSL VPN."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"The tool's most valuable features for us are threat prevention, HTTPS inspection, and the Anti-Bot blade. Threat prevention helps to protect our assets from threats. HTTPS inspection ensures secure communication, and the Anti-Bot blade is particularly helpful in detecting C2 servers, enhancing our ability to identify malicious activities and protect our network."
"We find all the features valuable, particularly the firewall, application control, URL filtering, and HTTPS detection."
"The product has allowed us to develop applications from the cloud - even with large environments and well-segmented security lines."
"When browsing, it scans sites to ensure that they are safe and that no harm can be caused."
"It is dynamic and agile, and its features and utilities continuously improve and evolve."
"One of the main characteristics that Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has given us is granularity and visibility."
"The tool's most valuable features are IPS and blades. These features are valuable for security."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that you can start off with a simple firewall and expand it to UTM."
"I could not configure sFlow from the FortiGate graphical user interface. I realized that the sFlow configuration is available only from the CLI, and discovered that sFlow is not supported on virtual interfaces, such as VDOM links, IPsec, or GRE."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"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."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"It's a little bit complex in terms of handling. If you implement a change, there is a specific point where you have to commit it. It's not like you just push a button and it's always committed. If you don't know to check whether your commit command has been executed or not... that is something Barracuda needs to work on."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"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."
"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."
"If you have another brand of VPN where you have to put an SSL VPN between two devices, Barracuda doesn't support that at a certain point. You can't actually build the VPN between Barracuda and a different device of a different brand."
"Regarding CloudGuard Network Security's integration with various resources like application gateways and application-based security groups, there's room for exploring dynamic access in those areas. A significant concern is the upgrade process. Unlike an in-place upgrade, upgrading the tool in Azure requires deploying a new resource, which can be hectic and less reliable. We have to spend something new to have the tool's latest version."
"The main issue that I have noticed is that for deployment, it still requires a dedicated management server, and the gateway is completely different. That sometimes can cause issues."
"It is somewhat problematic in the area of the cloud."
"The initial setup is difficult. It took me three tries to get it right. The setup took two or three hours."
"We faced issues while upgrading our CloudGuard Network Gateway. When we tried to use the template that Check Point offers on their site, it was not available for the second to the latest version, so I was forced to upgrade my management server. That was very challenging for us."
"We miss full blade support for all blades that are compatible with the cluster. Especially notable is the lack of support for Identity Awareness in active standby environments for customers. In our setup, transitioning to Connective clusters would be preferable for maintaining connections during failover situations."
"In future releases, I would like to see the data loss prevention (DLP) feature could scale along with the virtual machine scale sets."
"It needs to cover additional kinds of infrastructure, like containers and serverless options. It's somewhat limited in that area."
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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 121 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "Highly reliable, great visibility, and centralized management". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, Cisco Secure Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate-VM. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security report.
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