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 quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"Its user interface is good, and it is always working fine."
"I like how we can achieve total integration."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the rules and quality of service."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"Good identity fire walling, malware protection and application control features."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it is quite easy to use."
"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."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"Easy integration with some other systems like LDAP or Active Directory to manage other permissions and the division of external access and internal access."
"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 scalability is acceptable."
"My primary use case for this solution is for a secure gateway."
"Their technical support is outstanding and top-notch."
"Installing this product as a datacenter firewall for segregation and segmentation, and also configuring policies between zones has improved my organization."
"It catches modified signatures of known viruses."
"You have better control because you define apps. You just don't define ports. You define apps, and the apps are monitored in the traffic. It is more specific than the Cisco firewall when it comes to our needs."
"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 stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"It should have a better pricing plan. It is too expensive. It should also have a more granular view of the attack. I don't have FortiAnalyzer, and it is difficult for me to have a complete view when there is an attack on my server."
"It needs to improve its ISP load balancing."
"There are problems with the custom reporting of the unique traffic. The data is there, but it is too difficult for us to extract."
"Scalability for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be improved. SD-WAN security for this solution also needs some improvement."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"Some of the filtering is not robust, you can escape it with a VPN. Some of the users bypass some of the filters. It catches some but it also misses some, that area could be improved. It's functioning reasonably but there's room for improvement in that area."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"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."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"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."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"The usability for the administrator's experience needs improvement. My system administrator has some questions about its overall connectivity and flexibility."
"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 support is good but they could be faster."
"The global product feature needs improvement, the VPN, and we need some enhanced features."
"Management and web filtering can be improved. There should also be better reporting, particularly around web filtering."
"The price of WildFire should be reduced in order to make it more affordable for our customers."
"The product's false positive logs could be more user-friendly to understand. They could provide examples of precious cases to learn."
"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."
"The GUI is better in 8.0, but I still feel it lacks the fast response most of us desire. Logs are much quicker."
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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