We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Forescout Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IoT Security solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"It is a very stable solution."
"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."
"Single sign-on is also good. If you are accessing your corporate firewall from your home, during that time there is integration with AD. You can use your AD password to access your SSL VPN. It's not like if you buy an additional SSL VPN... You can directly integrate with your AD. If you change your password on the AD side, your client-to-VPN password also gets changed. You can integrate all your passwords from a single console. It's not like admin has to change your password, it's a single sign-on."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"Forescout Platform is stable, it is great."
"The most valuable feature of Forescout Platform is that it has everything that Aruba has at significantly less cost."
"Forescout Platform's best feature is plug-in integration."
"The plugins are very robust -- the ability scanner, patch management system, and SQL integrator."
"Being able to actively identify the client without a certificate allows you to control every device on your network regardless of the make, model, and software running. This allows for end-to-end security."
"The interface is easy to use."
"It allows for good detection of all the vendor products we have on-site."
"We use the Forescout Platform for device visibility and control in our network. It's very helpful for tracking malicious or unusual activity. We use it to track which ports are open, which machines are running specific services, and to identify vulnerabilities. For example, there was a vulnerability related to SMB, and we could use the product to determine which machines inside our organization were allowing SMB traffic."
"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."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"Forescout Platform needs to improve how the device works in preventing rogue servers."
"The solution does have a bit of complexity, and there's some complexity in the deployment. Users need to be trained before undertaking an initial setup."
"The fact that Forescout Platform doesn't have a presence in the South African region is a weakness because of which you can't ask for help from them if you have any problems."
"Forescout Platform could improve the costs of integrations."
"Forescout needs to improve its cloud management and remote connectivity."
"Logging would be one area for improvement. When we're troubleshooting, there are not a lot of clear things on Google that we can look up for ourselves. When we have an issue with it, we have to call the company to get the vendors involved. The logging of Forescout is horrible compared to other things that we've used."
"It does not support the TACACS+ protocol."
"Forescout Platform isn't flexible with connections to devices like printers and forces you to re-enter details like the MAC address after any breakdowns."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 5th in IoT Security with 35 reviews while Forescout Platform is ranked 1st in IoT Security with 69 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Forescout Platform 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 Forescout Platform writes "We can go granular on each endpoint, quarantine non-compliant machines, and target vulnerabilities through scripting". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Forescout Platform is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Nozomi Networks and Armis. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Forescout Platform report.
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