We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks 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."The installation is straightforward."
"The solution offers multiple security features. There are machine learning features and great URL encryption. It also offers multi-protocol support against DDoS attacks."
"You don't need help from Barracuda to help with the deployment. The deployment is easy."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the simplicity of configuration."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward, especially if you enlist assistance."
"The updating and signature features are my primary use case for the solution. These features are beneficial to my organization."
"It significantly improved our overall web security posture, addressing intrusions and enhancing control over web URLs in our environment."
"Has a good dashboard."
"I find the CSPM area to be a more valuable and flexible feature."
"The framework to configure controls is pretty good; it's pretty sophisticated. We can implement a fair amount of testing for a fair number of controls."
"Prisma Cloud provides the needed visibility and control regardless of how complex and distributed the cloud environments become."
"The most valuable feature is its cloud security posture management."
"CSPM is very useful because it gives us good policies and violation alerts."
"Prisma Cloud is quite simple to use. The web GUI is powerful. Prisma Cloud scans the overall architecture of the AWS network to identify open ports and other vulnerabilities, then highlights them."
"The most valuable feature is the continuous cloud compliance monitoring and alerting."
"We are provided with a single tool to protect all of our cloud resources and applications without having to manage and reconcile compliance reports."
"I would suggest that someone implementing this product is knowledgeable in the IT field, and with the network needs. It is complex."
"As most people are aware, the implementation is not easy."
"They should improve their features, so they easily compare to the competition."
"The GUI needs to be improved because it sometimes hangs and needs to be restarted."
"There are issues when upgrading firewalls and we experience different issues across customers."
"It would be better if their updates would be released annually."
"They could improve their performance, support, and their upgrades. Their updates used to be good. Their improvements were right on the money but nowadays, the updates are minor."
"If you know nothing about networks, then you can't set it up."
"Some of the usability within the Compute functionality needs improvement. I think when Palo Alto added on the Twistlock functionality, they added a Compute tab on the left side of the navigation. Some of the navigation is just a little dense. There is a lot of navigation where there is a tab and dropdowns. So, just improving some of the navigation where there is just a very dense amount of buttons and drop-down menus, that is probably the only thing, which comes from having a lot of features. Because there are a lot of buttons, just navigating around the platform can be a little challenging for new users."
"They need to improve the API gateway."
"Palo Alto should work on ease-of-use and the user-friendliness to be more competitive with some competing products."
"We are encountering issues with the new permissions required for AWS integration with Prisma."
"One major observation is that it is not possible to implement Prisma Cloud on-premises. This is the limitation. Prisma Cloud itself is on a cloud. It is sitting on AWS and Google Cloud. It is a SaaS solution, but some of my clients have a local regulatory requirement, and they want to install it locally on their premises. That capability is not there, but government entities and ministries want to have Prisma Cloud installed locally."
"Getting new guys trained on using the solution requires some thought. If someone is already trained on Palo Alto then he's able to adapt quickly. But, if someone is coming from another platform such as Fortinet, or maybe he's from the system side, that is where we need some help. We need to find out if there is an online track or training that they can go to."
"The feedback that we have given to the Palo Alto team is that the UI can be improved. When you press the "back" button on your browser from the Investigate tab, the query that you're working on just disappears. It won't keep the query on the "back" button."
"Areas like the deployment of their defenders and their central control need manual intervention. They should focus more on automation. They have a very generic case for small companies. However, for bigger companies to work, we have to do a lot of changes to our system to accommodate it. Therefore, they should change their system or deployment models so it can be easy to integrate into existing architectures."
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall is ranked 14th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews while Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 5th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. Barracuda Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4. 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 Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks writes "The dashboard is very user-friendly and can be used to generate custom RQL based on user requirements". Barracuda Web Application Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, HAProxy and Kemp LoadMaster, whereas Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Wiz, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Aqua Cloud Security Platform, AWS Security Hub and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security. See our Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks report.
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