We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Meraki MX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"User-friendly and affordable security solution that's recommended for SMB customers. This solution has good technical support."
"Its performance in fulfilling our requirements has been satisfactory."
"The GUI is good."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"I wanted to go to a software-defined WAN and in Barracuda they have a specific protocol called TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture). You can create a master policy over the internet and it allows you to do Quality of Services on top of it. That is really helpful for me."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"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."
"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."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"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."
"When you are sending information to an external email address, Barracuda can warn you when you are trying to access a private or personal email, or trying to upload information and not allow you to do that."
"The solution is stable."
"In general, Meraki MX is easy to work with."
"I use Meraki in my POCs and with my customers as well."
"We work also with domain control (DC) from Microsoft or Amazon. We use a whole virtual appliance with Meraki."
"The most valuable feature is that we didn't have any problems with Meraki MX."
"We've had no issues with the scalability or the stability of this solution"
"It is a robust SD-WAN solution."
"The technical support people from Meraki are brilliant."
"Ease of management is the best thing about the solution."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"Lacks sufficient security options."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"The scalability could be better."
"It is very expensive, and their support is not very good. I hope that their technical support will be better in the future."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"One area for improvement is the performance on the bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in performance and the support language. The support they're providing right now is from a different country, and in our country, there are people—network admins and IT heads—who don't speak English properly. So Barracuda needs to provide support agents who speak additional languages, such as Bangla."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"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."
"Direct logging is something that can be introduced. In the absence of cloud management, the possibility of local configurations and on-premise logins becomes restricted. This limitation stands as a primary concern. When it comes to resolving issues, the inability to access login options hampers troubleshooting efforts. The stability is noteworthy; but when compared to alternative products, its stability is comparatively lower. Additionally, certain limitations are observed in terms of remote control. Price-wise, the solution stands out for its competitive and cost-effective nature compared to other alternatives. Operationally, it is user-friendly and requires minimal effort from administrators, making configuration hassle-free."
"It can be hard to get a hold of the solution’s technical support team."
"The product could incorporate tools like ThousandEyes into the system so we can see things directly."
"In general, the SD-WAN feature needs to be improved. The load sharing and load balancing of the traffic should be improved. I have had some problems with these features in the past."
"The current lead time is longer for Meraki MX, and it needs to be improved."
"The only stability issue is in Content Filtering. Sometimes we need to report these types of issues to Cisco support."
"Expensive licensing and firewall stops immediately working if the license is not renewed at expiration date."
"They're very complacent and I find the rule set to be a little arcane."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 59 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Meraki MX is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos UTM, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Netgate pfSense. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Meraki MX report.
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