We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Cato SASE Cloud Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."They have a very responsive customer service and support team."
"Add-on features such as Virus Scanning, ATP, and web filtering add another level of protection and block malware before it gets to the end user."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"Scalability is good; the company wants to be able to handle large customers."
"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."
"Their GPS possibilities and the security that it has, especially the SD-WAN functionality, is very good."
"Its stability and SD-WAN features are the most valuable."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"The visibility control and security aspects are amazing."
"What I found most helpful in Cato Networks is that it works out of the box. One of its main advantages is that it's a simple product to deploy. You subscribe, and you're ready to run."
"When I first encountered Cato, I didn't know how to use it, but after a week of training, I could onboard our systems to it, so the solution was easy to learn and navigate."
"The feature that I find to be the most valuable is the bandwidth aggregation."
"The solution is a simple WAN solution. We've onboarded the socket on the Cato platform, and it provides connectivity. There is no complex routing."
"The WAN aggregation feature is the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of Cato Networks are the always-on VPN for remote workers and centralized management. Additionally, web filtering and antivirus are good."
"Cato offers all the functionality found in other solution. The life cycle management is always very stable."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"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."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"The analytics are weak."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"The product must evolve into the endpoint domain."
"Its functionality is a bit limited in some areas as compared to a Cisco solution. It is not as granular. It doesn't have the manageability, feature set, and capabilities of a larger or an enterprise-level solution. It just needs a more robust feature set and granularity."
"They should include a web application firewall feature in the solution."
"Cato Networks could improve their intrusion detection. There is not a lot in place."
"I am located in South Korea, and I can say that most people here have no idea about Cato Networks. I think Cato Networks should promote its network services in various countries."
"I would like to see better integration with identity providers."
"The price could be better."
"We would like the product to continue to improve its security."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 10th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 35 reviews while Cato SASE Cloud Platform is ranked 5th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 21 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Cato SASE Cloud Platform is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cato SASE Cloud Platform writes "Useful remote worker VPN, centralized management, and simple on-boarding process". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Azure Firewall, whereas Cato SASE Cloud Platform is most compared with Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, Cisco SD-WAN, Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet FortiGate and VMware SD-WAN. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Cato SASE Cloud Platform report.
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