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."Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The most valuable feature is the policy routing and application control."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"We can use our devices to check all of the perimeters. It secures email websites."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"Single device, multiple functions - I do not need to purchase a web application firewall, a proxy server, a VPN device and so many others because these are all built in to this one device."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"Its ability to block incoming attacks is valuable. Its logging, traffic monitoring, and VPN capabilities are also valuable."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"The most valuable features of the solution are user-friendliness, price, good security, and cloud-related options."
"Using WildFire has reduced the number of viruses and the amount of malware that comes into our system, which means that I don't have to rely on the end-users to identify it."
"The backup is the best feature."
"For example, if a security Intel threat talks about an IOC. We can then go to our MSP and say, "Is there a signature for this particular type of malware that just came out?" And if they'll say yes, then we'll say, "Okay. Does it apply to these firewalls? And have we seen any hits on it?" There's absolutely value in it."
"The solution is scalable."
"It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"The most valuable feature for us is the VPN."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"The pricing could be reduced or include the first year warranty."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"It should provide better visibility over the network and more information in the form of reports for the end users. Its installation should also be easier."
"The scalability could be better."
"It needs more available central management."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"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."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"High availability features are lacking."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"Many years back an update caused an issue with the firewall. However, Palo Alto not only informed us of said issue, they also sent an update that fixed the issue before I even had time to log in to determine if the issue affected our services."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"The support is good but they could be faster."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"The product's false positive logs could be more user-friendly to understand. They could provide examples of precious cases to learn."
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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