We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Meraki MX 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."It's great for capturing the traffic and troubleshooting it."
"Valuable features include the Web Application Firewall, and it even has DLP (data leak prevention)."
"There are lots of features and most of them are deployed for internet security. Users are protected if they accidentally go to some malicious sites."
"The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"Mainly the FortiGate reporting system is very good. It guides us through all the expectations of security. Fortinet provides us all that we need for security. Also, Fortinet FortiGate is a next-generation firewall. It is much more advanced than others."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"It is easy to use. We chose this product for the possibility to have virtual domains (VDOMs). We are building another company in the group, and we would like to split the firewalling rules and policies between these two companies. Each company would be able to manage its own policies and security rules, which is an advantage of Fortinet FortiGate. We can define VDOMs, and every company can manage its own VDOM as if it has its own physical firewall, but in fact, we would be using the same physical appliance because we are also using the same internet lines. So, it allows us to reuse the existing resources without the disadvantage of having to compromise on policies and security. Each company can choose its own way of working."
"The technical support in our region is excellent."
"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 would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, URL filtering, IPS, and virus scanning."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"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."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"Good identity fire walling, malware protection and application control features."
"Real Auto VPN with load balancer without needing a public IP. It is simple and functional."
"Intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS): The best feature. It can detect malware, even a virus, and warn you by email about the device that has it. When the Meraki detects that something is wrong, it automatically blocks the connection or the intrusion, delivering a graphic report with all the necessary content."
"Point-to-point VPNs can dynamically follow IP changes with no need for static IPs."
"I think cloud management is key. The cloud management and support are the two things that make the product great."
"Easy to administer and saves time when you have many smaller locations that you have to manage."
"Traffic Shaping: The device lets you decide how you want to use your internet services. Due to the fact that Meraki can accept dual WAN, you can decide the way you balance the data traffic."
"The initial setup for me was straightforward."
"It is a robust SD-WAN solution."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"FortiGate is really good. We have been using it for quite some time. Initially, when we started off, we had around 70 plus devices of FortiGate, but then Check Point and Palo Alto took over the place. From the product perspective, there are no issues, but from the account perspective, we have had issues. Fortinet's presence in our company is very less. I don't see any Fortinet account managers talking to us, and that presence has diluted in the last two and a half or three years. We have close to 1,500 firewalls. Out of these, 60% of firewalls are from Palo Alto, and a few firewalls are from Check Point. FortiGate firewalls are very less now. It is not because of the product; it is because of the relationship. I don't think they had a good relationship with us, and there was some kind of disconnect for a very long time. The relationship between their accounts team and my leadership team seems to be the reason for phasing out FortiGate."
"NGN, reporting and controls."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"I would like to see improvements in the product's application rules."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"It could use better throughput on some of the smaller boxes for the branch offices."
"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."
"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 usability for the administrator's experience needs improvement. My system administrator has some questions about its overall connectivity and flexibility."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"Its interface could be better."
"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."
"Meraki tech support staff have a lot more visibility into your network than you do, which is frustrating at times. I understand the approach is to keep the dashboard easier to understand. This will frustrate more advanced users at times."
"The security is not as strong as it could be"
"FortiGate is cheaper than Meraki. Even the license renewal is less than Meraki."
"Meraki MX firewalls are great for small to medium-sized businesses, but other solutions are better for enterprise-sized companies."
"More detail needed for configuration of the VPN."
"We can’t access GUI management and CLI opening features when the Internet is unavailable."
"You cannot use switching behaviors as you see on the Meraki switch."
"We could have more reporting options and the ability to send alarms to the administrator."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Meraki MX is ranked 2nd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 57 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Meraki MX 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 Meraki MX writes "Cost-effective, simplified, easy to manage, and reliable with advanced security features and granular visibility". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM and OPNsense, whereas Meraki MX is most compared with Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos XG, Netgate pfSense and SonicWall TZ. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Meraki MX report.
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