We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The notable features that I have found most valuable are that it includes the antivirus, and also IPS, and even SD-WAN."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"The web filtering feature and the intrusion protection system are the most valuable. It is a resilient appliance. I never had an issue with it in terms of any security breaches."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"It increases security posture and is helpful for firewall reporting, intrusion protection, web filtering, and SD-WAN implementation."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"Good identity fire walling, malware protection and application control features."
"The encryption and the security standards are valuable."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"When you are sending information to an external email address, Barracuda can warn you when you are trying to access a private or personal email, or trying to upload information and not allow you to do that."
"With this product, we receive the best monitoring and reports."
"The analysis is very fast."
"It gives a more accurate assessment of a virus in terms of whether it's truly a virus, malware, or a false positive. We have some legacy software that could pop up as being something that is malware. WildFire goes through and inspects it, and then it comes back and lets us know if it's a false positive. Usually, when it finds out that it's not a virus, it lets us know that it's benign, and it can exclude it from that scan, which means I don't even have to worry about that one popping up anymore."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"Being an application-based firewall, this is one of the critical focus factors along with the threat prevention services it provides."
"I love the idea of Palo Alto Networks WildFire. It's more geared toward preventing malware. If someone's laptop or phone is malware-infected, the tool prevents it from uploading valuable corporate data outside the corporate network. That's what I love about Palo Alto Networks WildFire. It stops malware in its tracks."
"Stability is never a concern."
"In the future, I would like to see improvements made to cloud-based management."
"The support system could be improved."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"A sandbox would be good in order to be able to inspect the emails containing spam and be able to validate the emails that contain malware, prior to delivering to the customer."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"The Web-filter in this solution is not very good."
"One issue that I have had is that sometimes I need to monitor the traffic, so I need to filter it according to the user and which user is using it the most. I experience a bottleneck most of the time, particularly at the peak time when the number of contracts and users are at maximum."
"The price could be better."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"If you have another brand of VPN where you have to put an SSL VPN between two devices, Barracuda doesn't support that at a certain point. You can't actually build the VPN between Barracuda and a different device of a different brand."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"It would be nice if there was an easier way to install and deploy it, such as through the inclusion of wizards."
"The VPN and decryption need improvement."
"The data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
"The automation and responsiveness need improvement."
"The only complaint that we receive from our customers is in regards to the price."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"When you contact support, there is no guarantee that they will be available to help you tackle the issue that you are facing."
"Palo Alto Networks WildFire could improve by adding support for manual submission of suspicious files and URLs. Additionally, it would be an advantage to add rule-based analysis. Currently, it uses only static and AI. We need to be able to analyze archive files."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire 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 Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and SonicWall NSa, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Fortinet FortiSandbox and Check Point SandBlast Network.
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