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."Good anti-malware and web filtering features."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The security on offer is very good."
"Our project needs to link two sides through the internet. One of these was in Cairo and the other in another city. We used FortiGate as the integrating solution between the two locations, i.e. the Fortinet 30E & 100E."
"It is simple to manage, and there are a lot of functionalities in the same box."
"It is a one box solution, which covers most of the edge device’s requirements."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"The main benefit is the grouping of our security monitoring."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"Scalability is good; the company wants to be able to handle large customers."
"Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out."
"Ability to manage multiple firewalls."
"Live monitoring of what is happening inside and on the interfaces, either ingress or egress."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"The tool's most valuable features are the REST APIs that help to automate the deployment and maintenance process. It helps us to reduce time to 15-25 minutes compared to the manual process which used to take around two to three hours."
"The security configuration features have enhanced the reliable coordination of programs and data safety."
"The most valuable feature I have found in CloudGuard Network Security is the flexibility to rebuild the firewall as needed."
"It really is a pretty complete solution."
"The most valuable feature is the centralized dashboard, which is used for managing all of the Check Point Security Gateways."
"Any kind of cloud environment anywhere can be protected through this effortlessly."
"Auto-scaling and zero touch are valuable features."
"As per the solution's blade design, there are many options. For example, you have to buy a UTM blade and an advanced malware blade, etc. If the blade license is there, we can configure from the firewall GUI."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"The graphical user interface of Fortinet's FortiGate product does not function well with text-based interfaces."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"The feature which gives us a lot of pain is ASIC architecture."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"WAN load-balancing could be a lot better at detecting when a link is poor or inconsistent, and not just flat out dead."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"When you do any commit, it locks your next access. If you are making a change to the device, from the security standpoint it's fine, but from the admin side it's not good. When you make changes, after each and every one it becomes locked."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"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."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"If you compare the GUI with the Palo Alto and Forcepoint in the Cisco, they're very easy. Check Point, due to its design, is a little bit complex. They should make the GUI easy to use so that anyone can understand it easily, like Fortinet's GUI. Many companies end up using Fortinet because the GUI is very easy, and there's no need for training. They just deploy the box and do the configuration."
"The initial deployment using the ARM template in Azure was straightforward, but migrating to Terraform added complexity, although we managed to make it work."
"The SD-WAN could be better."
"The user experience might suffer if we don't have the time to follow up with our clients and ensure they are using the right options. Clients also want more local support in Portuguese and Spanish during their normal business hours. That's something I hear from my customers and my team, too."
"With the incorporation of a lot of AI and machine learning, they can build some sort of a matrix for low-level threats or low-level things that require attention. There can be automation of those tasks so that we don't have to take more time and effort. There should be machine learning to eliminate level-one types of tasks."
"Lacks the ability to integrate with other security solutions."
"The user interface can be improved."
"While Check Point does offer some VWAN offerings, they appear to be more static and less tailored to cloud-native environments compared to Palo Alto's dynamic and flexible approach."
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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 117 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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