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 solution has very good threat and content filtering switches."
"UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"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."
"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 central management, especially when it comes to distributed environments, is great. I can generate and save a setting and then apply that setting across the network with just one click."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"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."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it is quite easy to use."
"Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features."
"Intuitive threat prevention and analysis solution, with a machine learning feature. Scalable, stable, and protects against zero-day threats."
"It is the best device in comparison to other network products in the marketplace."
"The reporting feature helps our performance."
"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 way that the solution quickly updates to adjust to threats is the solution's most valuable aspect. When there's a security attack, within five minutes, all Wildfire subscribers have access to updates so that all systems will be safe. Its threat prevention is way better than other vendor products."
"The backup is the best feature."
"Stability is never a concern."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"I would like to see a more intuitive dashboard."
"Scalability is one of the disadvantages. When it comes to scalability, you have to actually change the box. If you want to upgrade it, you need to actually change the existing box and probably you take the system off to other sites."
"Its customer service could be better."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"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."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"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."
"When comparing this solution to others it is not as good overall."
"The deployment model could be better."
"As a firewall and 360 degrees of security, there needs to be more maturity."
"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."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release of Palo Alto Networks WildFire, each release is based on malware that has been identified. The key problem is an average of six months from the time malware is written to the time it's discovered and a signature is created for it. The only advice that I can give is for them to shorten that timeframe. I don't know how they would do it, but if they shorten that, for example, cut it in half, they'll make themselves more famous."
"The configuration should be made a little bit easier. I understand why it is as it is, but there should be a way to make it easier from the user side."
"In the future, Palo Alto could reduce the time it takes to process the file."
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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