We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall 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 technical support in our region is excellent."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"The management console is pretty simple, so anyone who understands networking can initially deploy the solution."
"It's a firewall that secures our internal network. I have been using it since 2013, and I find that most of the features are advanced, and very user friendly."
"The interface is very user-friendly and I like it very much."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"The main reason why I purchased the particular unit was that it had good reviews and what other people were saying as far as its completeness and its leading capabilities in terms of endpoint security was very good."
"Their interface is very easy to use, it is without bugs."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"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."
"Live monitoring of what is happening inside and on the interfaces, either ingress or egress."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture) VPN features - Allows automatic VPN configuration with little or no input from the tech. Drag and drop lines between Barracuda units and the VPN is built automatically."
"Scalability is good; the company wants to be able to handle large customers."
"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 features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"The most stable firewall I’ve ever worked with. Once you get the ASA set up properly, it can run for a whole year without any major issues, apart from the normal daily administration."
"The Packet Tracer is a really good tool. If someone calls because they're having problems, you can easily create fake traffic without having to do an extended packet capture. You can see, straight away, if there's a firewall rule allowing that traffic in the direction you're trying to troubleshoot."
"The AnyConnect remote access VPN gives us an easy way to deploy remote working for our users."
"With the FMC and the FirePOWERs, the ability to quickly replace a piece of hardware without having to have a network outage is useful. Also, the ability to replace a piece of equipment and deploy the config that the previous piece of equipment had is pretty useful."
"I have not contacted technical support. There is a lot of information on the internet for troubleshooting. All you need to do is use a search engine and you will find the information you are looking for easily."
"The user interface is very easy to manage and find rules. You can do object searches, which are very easy. Also, the logging is very simple to use. So, it is a lot easier to troubleshoot and find items inside the firewall."
"There are no issues that we are aware of. It does its job silently in the background."
"They are easy to maintain."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"The support from Fortinet FortiGate could improve. They are not easily accessible when we need them. They could improve their response time."
"Maybe they could make some features more accessible, such as a way to translate directions between two networks that share the same subnets."
"Difficult to add or define, and not that easy to configure and manage."
"Fortinet already improved FortiGate, but in the current market, many brands of security devices have improved together. Fortinet still needs to catch up with market standards. Fortinet is lacking in features in comparison to competitors."
"The captive portal could be improved."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"The solution lacks sufficient filtering."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"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."
"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."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"The management of the firewalls could be improved because there are a lot of bugs."
"They really need support for deployment."
"Recently, we have been having an issue with the ASA firewall. We haven't found the root cause yet and are still working on it. We failed over the firewall from active to passive and suddenly that resolved the issue. We are now working to find the root cause."
"When comparing the graphical interface of this solution to other vendors it is more difficult to configure. There is a higher learning curve for administrators in this solution."
"Cisco should improve its user interface design. There is a deep learning curve to the product if you are a newcomer."
"The access layer of this solution could be improved in terms of the way the devices interconnect with our network. We need to be able to analyze the traffic between the different interconnection in these areas."
"In terms of functionality, there isn't much to improve. There could be more bandwidth and better interface speed."
"I have used Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point previously and I prefer the process of everything working together."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Meraki MX, whereas Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Cisco Secure Firewall report.
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