We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and WatchGuard Firebox 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."Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"This solution has solid UTM features combined with a nice GUI."
"It is user friendly, and has all the features you need."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"It's quite comfortable to handle the FortiGate firewall."
"The integration with Active Directory is one of the good features. Most of the customers are now looking for the Single Sign-on feature. So, being able to integrate Active Directory with the firewall is useful. It is also easy."
"Whenever we raise a complaint with FortiGate, their response and resolution times are minimal."
"Good identity fire walling, malware protection and application control features."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"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."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"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."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"It is a very stable solution."
"If you just plan to use WatchGuard Firebox in your office and not publicly, then it is okay to purchase it. With WatchGuard Firebox, you can manage your users and permissions while also taking care of the basic setup phase in your office."
"It saves us time in the respect that we now have the template built for it so we can get in and get it done. We've had much less problem supporting Voice over IP technologies from different companies. Because our client base has grown over the years, we're probably saving 20 to 30 man-hours a month now that we've got this on a good stable level."
"Two of the functionalities we use most are the traffic monitoring and the full panel dashboard. Those are two things that are very useful for us... In addition, it provides us with layered security. It allows us to determine what types of access, to which networks, we want to allow or deny."
"We experienced that WatchGuard is easy to setup regarding VPN compared to other firewalls of other brands."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use of the interface."
"I have found the DNS Watch feature for intrusion and prevention response and APT Locker most valuable to me."
"The most valuable features of this solution are live logging, rule setup and maintenance, and VPN creation."
"WatchGuard has a very easy VPN and branch office VPN setup, so we use those pretty extensively."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"The initial setup is complex."
"While FortiGate is cheaper than most other solutions, we're seeing increased license renewal costs. Most of our clients are asking for more significant discounts because the price is going up."
"The integration with third-party tools may be something that they should work on."
"Fortinet currently has many products bundled with FortiGate including the basic firewall and load balancer, and I think that that they need to have separate product portfolios for each of these specialized services."
"It would be nice if backups could more easily migrate between different models."
"The initial setup and configuration are not intuitive and require training."
"The support team for Fortinet FortiGate needs to be more customer friendly."
"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."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"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."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"It's a little bit complex in terms of handling. If you implement a change, there is a specific point where you have to commit it. It's not like you just push a button and it's always committed. If you don't know to check whether your commit command has been executed or not... that is something Barracuda needs to work on."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"It would be wonderful if the WatchGuard team develops nice products for threat intelligence."
"Its documentation could be improved. Sometimes, you need to search a bit longer to find what you are looking for."
"We were able to take from an older configuration, build a new one quickly, and get it up and running, which didn't take long, but there was some pain around it."
"There is a slight learning curve."
"The solution needs to improve its accessibility."
"The scalability of the solution needs improvement."
"The pricing could be improved. It is definitely one of the more expensive products."
"When working with WatchGuard, specifically in configuring Panda Security on the portal for the first time, it was challenging for me."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 26th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while WatchGuard Firebox 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 WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and SonicWall TZ, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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