We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Application Firewall and NGINX App Protect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."There is no one special feature, but the WAF itself is valuable: user-friendly protection against web attacks etc., authentication, reporting, accountability, alerting, and hardened OS."
"The stability of the solution is good. I don't think we've experienced bugs, crashes, or glitches."
"Its recommendation about the probabilities on the website is great. It also has free probability managers for the website, which is really helpful. The protection engine, signature-based protection behavior, and analysis features are also great. It also has an ATP module for sandbox scanning and behavior analysis for file uploads."
"Has a good dashboard."
"This product gives us visibility into what is going on in two servers, including connections and sessions, real-time alerts, very good reporting, and KPIs. It makes managing security of a critical server very easy, with a friendly GUI."
"The solution offers multiple security features. There are machine learning features and great URL encryption. It also offers multi-protocol support against DDoS attacks."
"One of the strongest points is its robust issue discovery capabilities. Barracuda invests significant efforts in identifying and resolving issues. They have multiple products that work in tandem to perform these checks, which is beneficial because it automates security updates. This is the primary reason I recommend it to my customers."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward, especially if you enlist assistance."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its open source."
"NGINX App Protect has complete control over the HTTP session."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its flexibility."
"NGINX App Protect's best features are auto-learning, which creates a profile of applications that are deployed, bot protection, and force protection, which lets you configure your brute force policy and alert for and prevent brute force attacks."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is the reverse proxy."
"The policies are flexible based on the technologies you use."
"It is a stable solution."
"The initial setup was simple and took three to four days."
"We encountered a few glitches while implementing API security features into the product."
"We get false positives about phishing emails."
"The documentation is lacking. It's not like what you'd get if you were using Juniper or Cisco. They need to expand on it and make it more useful."
"Barracuda Web Application Firewall's load balancing feature could be improved."
"The incident reporting needs to be improved."
"As most people are aware, the implementation is not easy."
"Barracuda Web Application Firewall’s scalability needs improvement."
"Its interface can be better. It is not very friendly."
"As far as scalability, it takes a long time for deployment."
"The configuration needs to be more flexible because it is difficult to do things that are outside of the ordinary."
"The solution needs to be improved in the e-commerce portal."
"The price of NGINX App Protect could improve."
"The product's user interface is an area with shortcomings as it can be quite confusing for users, making it an area where improvements are required."
"They could provide a better user interface."
"Its technical support could be better."
"It's challenging if you need to go for a high throughput."
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall is ranked 15th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews while NGINX App Protect is ranked 13th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 20 reviews. Barracuda Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda Web Application Firewall writes "Provides strong issue discovery capabilities; enhance the security parameters of web applications and suitable for medium to large enterprises". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". Barracuda Web Application Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, HAProxy and Kemp LoadMaster, whereas NGINX App Protect is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. NGINX App Protect report.
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