We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Check Point CloudGuard 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 CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"The solution is extremely reliable."
"The pipe filter application is an outstanding feature."
"It's very fast and easy to configure."
"The initial setup of Fortinet FortiGate was straightforward."
"It is useful for protecting and segregating the internal networks from the internet. Most of our customers also use the FortiGate client to connect to their offices by using the VPN client, and of course, they usually activate the antivirus, deep inspection, and intrusion prevention services. They are also using it for web filtering and implementing various policies dealing with forwardings, NAT, etc."
"FortiGate SD-WAN facilitated a smooth transition for our customers between their two internet service providers, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity without any downtime."
"It can expand easily."
"The interface is very user-friendly and it is quite easy to use."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"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."
"The product is foolproof. It has done everything that we have needed with the amount of email that we receive, and it handles it quite well."
"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."
"Easy integration with some other systems like LDAP or Active Directory to manage other permissions and the division of external access and internal access."
"The solution is stable."
"The tool's most valuable features are threat prevention and protection mechanisms."
"I find it really useful that CloudGuard supports all the main players on the Public Clouds market including AWS, GCP, and Azure, as well as some exotic ones like Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and IBM Cloud."
"One of the main characteristics that Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has given us is granularity and visibility."
"The central management feature is a big plus, allowing us to manage both local and cloud gateways from one platform."
"The product gives analytic reports."
"The ease of deployment has been nice. It is like managing any of our on-prem firewalls."
"The solution is reliable."
"The tool's most valuable features are firewalls and IPS."
"It claims it does DLP, but the degree and level of controls are very basic."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The support structure needs to be improved because every time we contact them, there is a delay in the response."
"The pricing could be a bit better, especially when you consider how they have the most basic offering priced."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"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."
"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."
"At CPX, we heard that we can see all the things on the same platform. That is what we have been asking for, and hopefully, we are going to start seeing it this year."
"The initial setup is complex and could be made simpler."
"The connection to the on-premises management requires using the CLI. It's not just a click, and you cannot edit in the management to prepare everything. You need to do it online and in real time. After that, you must execute a script, and then you should be happy that it appears in the management."
"The networking system updates, when delayed, can lead to misconfigurations and data loss."
"New features have been introduced recently, but they have not yet been integrated into CloudGuard Vsec."
"Sometimes, if you aren't familiar with the solution, it can be a bit complex, but it does become easier to use with time. However, every time they launch a new version, it becomes more complex and you need to take time to get familiar with all the changes. For every version that they upgrade, you need to upskill yourself."
"The operations require skilled manpower with extended experience of working with networking systems for better results."
"The migration to TerraForm is a little more complicated, but we made it work."
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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 8th in Firewalls with 119 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security report.
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