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 use a lot of function on the IPS and it works well for us."
"Initial setup is straightforward. There weren't too many issues with setting it up. It takes one hour or so."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"It's very easy to configure."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"The flexibility and ease of configuration are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the ease of use and there are several operating systems that can include the hardware capacities. In the newer releases, the resources were more useful because they were included in the operating system."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"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."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"Its ability to block incoming attacks is valuable. Its logging, traffic monitoring, and VPN capabilities are also valuable."
"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."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"I think Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is one of the most advanced firewall platforms. I also like that it's easy to get top-level support right away. You get that security, and if you make a mistake, it doesn't break."
"The most valuable features of this solution are sandbox capabilities."
"WildFire has been instrumental in blocking a number of new threats, before common desktop anti-virus tools were able to detect them."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten since we never faced any issues."
"WildFire's application encryption is useful."
"The most valuable feature is the cloud-based protection against zero-day malware attacks."
"Stability is never a concern."
"The analysis is very fast."
"The technical support is good."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"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."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"They are doing good, but they can improve the distributor assignment. The availability of the product and the timeline of delivery are the main things. The distribution should be swift, and the distributor should not reach out to end customers directly. They should work as a distributor. There should also be one more local distributor. Currently, there is only one distributor in Pakistan, and the rest of them are in UAE. It is difficult to work with only one distributor. Sometimes, you don't get along with the same distributor, and that's why they should have one more distributor. Their licensing should also be improved. The activation or renewal of the product should be done from the date of renewal, not from the date on which the license expired."
"I have to say that the initial setup was complex. The deployment took a few days to get set up. Initially, we were using an IPVanish. We switched to this tool since we thought it would be easier. But it turns out it wasn't easier to set up and run."
"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."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"The price could be better."
"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."
"It would be better if they had a trace and trap feature. It's hard for me to say anything bad about Barracuda. This is because we had a firewall go down in the town of Kirkland Lake, and it was a blown-out port, and they had an instant replacement."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"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."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"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."
"They provide a medium level of technical support."
"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 data analytical system for deployment needs to improve."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"I would give this product a rating of 9 out of 10 due to some slight issues of performance."
"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 size of Palo Alto's cloud is big but it could be easier to use from a product management perspective."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
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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