We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Netgate pfSense 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 feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"The web tutor and automatic rules by schedule are good features."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"The solution is stable."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture) VPN features - Allows automatic VPN configuration with little or no input from the tech. Drag and drop lines between Barracuda units and the VPN is built automatically."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"Add-on features such as Virus Scanning, ATP, and web filtering add another level of protection and block malware before it gets to the end user."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The solution is very easy to use and has a very nice GUI."
"An incomparable stability is achieved with other firewall systems."
"It has a very nice web interface, and it is very simple to use. The way policies are working is also good."
"The redundancy and scalability ARE very nice."
"My technicians find the pfSense's web interface very useful. It is very easy to use. pfSense is very reliable and stable. We like the OpenVPN clients that can be deployed using pfSense very much."
"Easy to deploy and easy to use."
"The tools' most valuable feature is load balancing."
"What I like about pfSense is that it works well and runs on an inexpensive appliance."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve the user interface. There should be more functionality and options through the GUI."
"The support we receive when we need to upgrade is not satisfactory and has room for improvement."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"Compared to some other products, the DLP is not at par for the moment."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"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."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"There is room for improvement in performance and the support language. The support they're providing right now is from a different country, and in our country, there are people—network admins and IT heads—who don't speak English properly. So Barracuda needs to provide support agents who speak additional languages, such as Bangla."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"A malware blocker should be included. I do not know if it is included yet. However, until now, we have not experienced a large malware invasion."
"There could be a way to remote to it through a mobile app. You can always browse through your browser on your mobile phone or tablet, but it would be good to have a dedicated app. I understand that iOS and Android developers are expensive, but there should be a mobile app."
"I have been using WireGuard VPN because it is a lot faster and more secure than an open VPN. However, in the latest version of pfSense, they have removed this feature, which is one of the main features that I need. They should include this feature."
"There's a bit of a learning curve during the initial implementation."
"I've never tried it in large environments. All my clients are small businesses with a handful of employees, so I am not sure how it works in large environments. I keep up with recent versions, and there's nothing I'm waiting for, and nothing breaks when I get a new version."
"When I checked other packages, it seems they use different tools that are installed on the PSS for functionality. They rely on third-party tools, unlike Fortinet, for example, which has its own tools. In comparison, we also use third-party tools on pfSense. For example, we had a situation where we needed a tool to identify authorized users, and when I searched for a solution, I found a third-party tool. However, using such tools may come with additional costs."
"pfSense has some limitations in detecting site sessions. We want to control internet usage based on sites and their content, and pfSense doesn't perform this function."
"The solution could always work at being more secure. It's a good idea to continue to work on security features and capabilities in order to ensure they can keep clients safe."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Netgate pfSense 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 Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Azure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks WildFire, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, KerioControl, Sophos UTM and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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