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."It's very easy to configure."
"The scalability of Fortinet FortiGate is good."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"What's most important is the ease of use."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"You can create multiple Virtual Domains (VDOMs), which are treated as separate firewall instances."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"If you have multiple offices, all inter-connected via the internet, you want a single management console through which you can manage all you firewalls. In that case Barracuda could be a good option."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture) VPN features - Allows automatic VPN configuration with little or no input from the tech. Drag and drop lines between Barracuda units and the VPN is built automatically."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"The solution is stable."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The reporting feature helps our performance."
"The most valuable features of Palo Alto Networks WildFire are the good URL and file analysis that uses artificial intelligence. It has different interfaces, such as rest, SMTP protocol, and HTTPS. The Security incidents and event management are very good. Additionally, there are many file types that are supported and there is no limit to the number of files it can handle simultaneously. It integrates well with SIEM solutions."
"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."
"I like the analysis they apply to the unknown files, and I think they have good technology to use as a sandboxing tool. I didn't find something similar to WildFire in the marketplace."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the improved security that it offers."
"The most valuable features are all of the security features in terms of protection and SSL and VPN."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"Quality control on their firmware versions needs improvement. When they introduce new firmware, there tend to be bugs."
"There is one big configuration file with no separations for the unique VDOMs. Maybe they could separate individual VDOM configuration files with the root VDOM configuration file referencing the individual VDOM config files."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"FortiGate is really good. We have been using it for quite some time. Initially, when we started off, we had around 70 plus devices of FortiGate, but then Check Point and Palo Alto took over the place. From the product perspective, there are no issues, but from the account perspective, we have had issues. Fortinet's presence in our company is very less. I don't see any Fortinet account managers talking to us, and that presence has diluted in the last two and a half or three years. We have close to 1,500 firewalls. Out of these, 60% of firewalls are from Palo Alto, and a few firewalls are from Check Point. FortiGate firewalls are very less now. It is not because of the product; it is because of the relationship. I don't think they had a good relationship with us, and there was some kind of disconnect for a very long time. The relationship between their accounts team and my leadership team seems to be the reason for phasing out FortiGate."
"The support system could be improved."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"The user interface could be improved."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"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."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"The initial setup was a little bit complex, mainly due to the GUI console and management challenges."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"The system performance degrades after the solution has been deployed for some time. The data that it gives us becomes a little bit slow. When you try to get some data for troubleshooting, it seems like it's working hard to extract that data."
"The product's false positive logs could be more user-friendly to understand. They could provide examples of precious cases to learn."
"It's not really their problem, it's a problem across the board. There will always be problems with interrupted traffic. We have to set it up where we're playing a middle man game where we're stripping it out, looking at it, and then putting it back together and sending it on its way. That requires CPU cycles. And there's some overhead with that."
"The initial setup was complex."
"In the future, I would like to see more automation in the reporting."
"The cost of the solution is excessively high."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) 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, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM and Meraki MX, 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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