We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Stormshield Network Security 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.
"The solution is scalable."
"The SD-WAN is the most valuable feature."
"It's very easy to set up, it's very easy to make policies and, for an organization, that means you don't need IT expert in firewalls. You just need to have somebody who knows a little bit of IT, and that's it. With other products, you need someone with a "Masters" degree in firewalls."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"With FortiClient, you can easily connect when you are home, check out what you want to do, and connect to your network when you are not at work. You can switch on servers and you can check what is wrong."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"Most people are using enterprise applications remotely, and there is no license for SSL VPN, or in other words point-to-site. There is no limit on that. On other devices there is a specific limit and you have to pay per use for SSL VPN."
"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 features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"It is a very stable solution."
"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."
"They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"Our organization's main concern is stability, and this is a stable solution."
"Easily manageable in a variety of environments."
"I like that it works fine. Stormshield is a very good solution."
"The scalability of the solution is good."
"I like how you can configure the rules. There is the task for the rules and a task for the network configuration. It also provides SMD filtering, and it can be integrated with the active directory for the users, their mission, and the VPN configuration. We are here in Sudan, and Stormshield didn't work in Sudan for more than a decade. Stormshield is a very strong firewall and very easy to configure and maintain. I am just working with the firewall solution, and we don't have any other solutions like endpoint solutions or something like that."
"I can see what traffic is going on. I can easily block any programs from attacks."
"The most valuable features are the IPS, the firewall function, and the price."
"Ease of use is the best feature of the product."
"I would like reporting to be improved and should offer a lot more tools to monitor the products."
"With FortiGate, the main complaint that I have heard is about the technical support."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"If they could extend their fabric towards other vendor environments for integration, that would be great."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"There aren't really any negative aspects to discuss."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"Its reporting can be improved. Sometimes, I don't get proper reports."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"The price could be better."
"To start working with spam, it takes a while because the product has to see that multiple emails are coming in with all the spam. If it could reduce that amount of time, then we would reduce the amount of users who are receiving spam."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"The analytics are weak."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"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."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"A more user-friendly interface would be helpful."
"The SD card could be more secure."
"This solution has a big problem with web filtering and it needs to be improved."
"With Stormshield, there are difficulties joining things, and it can be complex depending on the architecture."
"The product must improve its pricing."
"It could be better if it were more user-friendly. It's too complicated for us to use it. The price could be better as well."
"The biggest issue was their support department was not able to help us, then everything stops. This is a no-go area for me."
"This is not a next-generation firewall."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 20th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Stormshield Network Security is ranked 12th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 16 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Stormshield Network Security is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Stormshield Network Security writes "Handles monitoring, collection, analysis, and reporting of data in our HQ and branches". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall and Azure Firewall, whereas Stormshield Network Security is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Zscaler Internet Access. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Stormshield Network Security report.
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