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."We were looking for the VPN feature and controlling the inflow and outflow of all the traffic within the site and across the sites. We are also using it for the VPN and VLANs."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"There is an easy process for configuring it, and it is straightforward to implement the device from scratch."
"Advanced routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP, PBR). It gives you a seamless and simple integration into a large network."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"The product is very stable, easy to troubleshoot, and configure, so it has reduced the time it takes for support."
"Our security improved from being able to put in rules and close off unwanted traffic."
"Single sign-on is also good. If you are accessing your corporate firewall from your home, during that time there is integration with AD. You can use your AD password to access your SSL VPN. It's not like if you buy an additional SSL VPN... You can directly integrate with your AD. If you change your password on the AD side, your client-to-VPN password also gets changed. You can integrate all your passwords from a single console. It's not like admin has to change your password, it's a single sign-on."
"Add-on features such as Virus Scanning, ATP, and web filtering add another level of protection and block malware before it gets to the end user."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"If an employee tries to get or move a file that is not permitted to them - for example if he wants to copy it to a USB - he will not have the right to do that, because Barracuda manages who has the right to copy, and what you copy to a USB. The USB is encrypted with a specific code from Barracuda and will only be decrypted into any other laptop in the company if they allow it to see it."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"Easy integration with some other systems like LDAP or Active Directory to manage other permissions and the division of external access and internal access."
"Its stability and SD-WAN features are the most valuable."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The graphic user interface of Palo Alto is good and it's easy to configure."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"It helps us when segmenting and securing the network and all sort of technologies, all sort of next generation needs. It's next generation phases of firewall like anti-virus, sandboxing, wifi, and VPN."
"A good tool for file scanning and email threat detection, especially when it comes to attachments and communications."
"The solution has plenty of features."
"The scalability is acceptable."
"It is stable and pretty much scalable."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"Lacks training for new features."
"There are some license issues. Not every feature must have a separate license. There must be some of kind synergy between the license so we don't have to pay for every individual license that we would like to have."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"The logging details need to be improved."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"Can be underpowered if you choose to use all available add-on features. Just be careful when sizing your unit. Make sure you take into account what features you will be turning on, and work with your sales rep to get the model that can handle that load."
"The price could be better."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"It's a little bit complex in terms of handling. If you implement a change, there is a specific point where you have to commit it. It's not like you just push a button and it's always committed. If you don't know to check whether your commit command has been executed or not... that is something Barracuda needs to work on."
"The analytics are weak."
"The technical manuals, at times, have images that don't match the actual screens and are not always as clear as they could be on the configuration."
"Barracuda CloudGen Firewall should work a little bit more with the logs so that, in our company, we can generate a little bit more reports and get a bit more statistics, which would be fine for us."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
"There are certain changes that I was expecting in the previous version, and I hope that they are soon fixed. All of the problems that I have faced so far have been resolved."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex, mainly due to the GUI console and management challenges."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
"In the future, Palo Alto could reduce the time it takes to process the file."
"Any enhancements should likely be focused on the firewall appliance to further strengthen overall security capabilities, such as refining app and user identity features."
"The threat intelligence that we receiving in the reporting was not as expected. We were expecting more. Additionally, we should be able to whitelist a specific file based on a variety of attributes."
"High availability features are lacking."
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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