We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and OPNsense 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 stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the different types of profiling. It has been the most effective for me. The WAF and the antivirus profile are the most effective in network protection."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"The performance is good."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"The virtual firewall feature is the most valuable. We have around 1,500 firewalls. We did not buy individual hardware, and the virtual firewalls made sense because we don't have to keep on buying the hardware. FortiGate is easier to use as compared to Checkpoint devices. It is user friendly and has a good UI. You don't need much expertise to work on this firewall. You don't need to worry much about DCLA, commands, and things like that."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"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."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"If you have multiple offices, all inter-connected via the internet, you want a single management console through which you can manage all you firewalls. In that case Barracuda could be a good option."
"Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"I find the solution to be user-friendly. It has a lot of reports and easy settings."
"The most valuable feature is the Dual WAN in OPNSense, which offers advanced capabilities."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to configure."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"The most valuable features in OPNsense are reporting and visibility."
"The initial setup is easy. It only takes 15-30 minutes to deploy."
"It is a very good solution. I like the dashboard. I can see what is going on and manage it as I like it."
"The firewall engine is not so strong as of now, in my opinion... My second concern is that, while they have Zero-day vulnerability and anti-malware features, the threat engine needs to be strengthened, its efficiency can be increased."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"Technical support is good but the response time could be faster."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"FortiOS is not simple."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"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."
"Its interface could be better."
"When you do any commit, it locks your next access. If you are making a change to the device, from the security standpoint it's fine, but from the admin side it's not good. When you make changes, after each and every one it becomes locked."
"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."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The reporting part could be better."
"The interface isn't so friendly user. But we have some technicians here who are quite confident with this tool. OPNSense could maybe add sets of rules so it's simpler to manage different groups with particular needs."
"I would like to see better SD-WAN performance."
"The scalability needs improvement."
"Given that OPNsense plays a pivotal role as a firewall, safeguarding against various threats, having a reliable backup ensures uninterrupted protection even if unforeseen events impact the primary virtual machine."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"An area for improvement in OPNsense is the hardware, which needs to be updated more frequently. DNS blocking is another good feature I want to be added to the solution. pfSense has a peer-blocking feature that I also want to see in OPNsense."
"We did not like the fact that you have to configure everything with the graphic user interface. We have used other firewalls, such as FortiGate, that you can configure via code. OPNsense is not easy to integrate. When you are deploying via GitHub or another source repository, this is not possible. That's one thing we didn't like much."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while OPNsense 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 OPNsense writes "Robust network security and management offering a user-friendly interface, open-source flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, with challenges regarding initial setup and the absence of official support". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Azure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks WildFire, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. OPNsense report.
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