Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service vs Cloudflare Web Application Firewall comparison

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We performed a comparison between Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The product's bot protection feature is valuable for our company.""It provides an ease of policy management.""The solution can be used for threat prevention or as a cloud-to-cloud backup system""I like its ability to identify known attacks, including DDOS attacks. It's valuable because software must be able to stop known attacks. Application attacks are evolving all the time. When it comes to software-as-a-service, we need to have software that knows about all the latest attacks. It should also protect against major unknown attacks.""The most valuable features of the solution are it is plug and play, has automated policies, a simple configuration, and is easy to create rules."

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"I'm highly satisfied. It's remarkably user-friendly, enabling me to quickly identify issues, and deploy solutions, and it offers the necessary features.""The product has a valuable security control functionality.""The security features are valuable. The particular feature we use is called OWASP.""We like that there's load balancing, firewall capabilities, DDoS protection, et cetera, all covered by Cloudflare.""The product has improved our security posture by blocking bad actors.""Someone with a basic understanding of networking and security will be able to implement the firewall's basic features within 15 minutes.""Technical support has a very fast response time and they are helpful.""We extensively use the solution every day. The solution is very stable; we haven’t seen any glitches."

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Cons
"It's a very specific solution that is only requested for a customer's web code or their global IT policy.""We found it a bit slow when accessing it through the web browser. The URL also exposed the user name and the hashed password. When I log into my Barracuda WAF user portal, I could see the username and the hashed password on the URL itself. So, it is not very secure, and it is important to take that off.""The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required.""The solution can improve by bundling Security Operation Center (SOC) with the WAF-as-a-Service, it would provide a lot more value to customers.""One significant area for improvement in Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service lies in its market positioning and pricing strategy."

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"The reporting could be more granular.""The platform's control features related to real-time authentication and response time need improvement.""Its stability could be better.""If they add logs history within the Cloudflare offering, that would be a great benefit.""The blocked logs are difficult to read at times.""Cloudflare Web Application Firewall should include port forwarding features.""Their documentation could be better. They don't have documentation that explains everything well. They have documentation for everything you're looking for, but they lack a single piece of documentation to tie everything together. As a new user or beginner, it took us a little bit of time to figure out how to put all these things in place.""I have experienced some difficulties with Cloudflare's support as a customer based in India."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It's very difficult for me to give an estimate of the cost. All I know is that we sell the box itself as a service."
  • "I rate the product's price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high. There are no additional costs to be paid apart from the standard licensing fees attached to the solution."
  • "The product is expensive but it offers flexible pricing. It could be affordable."
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  • "The pricing model is very straightforward compared to the competition. You just pay per month for the product and usage."
  • "We pay $210 per month for CloudFlare WAF."
  • "The annual licensing fee is $10,000 USD."
  • "Cloudflare offers different types of subscriptions for businesses, enterprises, and personal users, and the pricing is negotiable."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing? I believe the pricing is not the best, but it's reasonable and acceptable. We also use the McAfee system in parallel. In terms of pricing, its okay - not great, but not bad either. It falls in the middle, which is acceptable. In terms of support licensing, last time, we were searching for a solution, and we considered products from resellers rather than directly from the cloud provider. However, the pricing we encountered was exceptionally high. As a result, we are inclined to select support from the reseller."
  • "The solution's pricing option needs to be more transparent for enterprise clients."
  • "Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is more affordable than other solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:One significant area for improvement in Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service lies in its market positioning and pricing strategy. Additionally, it could operate in a local data center. This limitation hinders… more »
    Top Answer:We use the product for securing email systems, protecting websites, and safeguarding web-based applications and portals.
    Top Answer:The product has a valuable security control functionality.
    Top Answer:Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is more affordable than other solutions.
    Top Answer:The platform's control features related to real-time authentication and response time need improvement.
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    Also Known As
    Barracuda WAF as a Service
    Cloudflare WAF
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    Overview

    Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is a comprehensive solution designed to provide application security, DDoS protection, SSL authentication, protocol support, and application delivery. It is a plug-and-play solution with automated policies, simple configuration, and easy rule creation. 

    The solution can be used for threat prevention or as a cloud-to-cloud backup system based on email protection with cloud security. It is also a web application firewall and covers major protection and threat management functions. With Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service, customers can ensure the security of their web code and comply with global IT policies.

    Cloudflare Web Application Firewall's intuitive dashboard enables users to build powerful rules through easy clicks and also provides Terraform integration. Every request to the WAF is inspected against the rule engine and the threat intelligence curated from protecting over 27 Million websites. Suspicious requests can be blocked, challenged or logged as per the needs of the user while legitimate requests are routed to the destination, agnostic of whether it lives on-premise or in the cloud. Analytics and Cloudflare Logs enable visibility into actionable metrics for the user.

    Sample Customers
    Salvation Army
    crunchbase, udacity, marketo, okcupid, zendesk
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Government11%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm22%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Insurance Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization24%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider5%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise53%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business61%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise28%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise41%
    Buyer's Guide
    Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is ranked 29th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 5 reviews while Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is ranked 7th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 16 reviews. Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is rated 7.2, while Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service writes "Easy to install platform with valuable policy management features ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cloudflare Web Application Firewall writes "A cloud solution for web application firewall protection with rate-limiting, managed, and custom firewall rules". Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service is most compared with , whereas Cloudflare Web Application Firewall is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, Akamai App and API Protector, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb and Atomic ModSecurity Rules. See our Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service vs. Cloudflare Web Application Firewall report.

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