We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Netgate pfSense 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 most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features are ease of use, flexibility, and most of the configuration we can be done using the GUI. When we compare Fortinet FortiGate with other solutions the firewall policy are very easy to understand."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a security device. It can optimize security on the networks of a company. It actually protects the company from attacks from outside. With FortiGate, you can categorize the users. You can create a group of users that can access all of the websites for their work. You can limit other users' access."
"Fortigate represents a really scalable way of delivering perimeter network security, some level of layer 7 security, WAF, and also a way to create a meshed ADVPN solution."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The pricing is excellent. It's much less expensive than Cisco."
"A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"Its ability to block incoming attacks is valuable. Its logging, traffic monitoring, and VPN capabilities are also valuable."
"The encryption and the security standards are valuable."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, URL filtering, IPS, and virus scanning."
"Live monitoring of what is happening inside and on the interfaces, either ingress or egress."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"Its stability and SD-WAN features are the most valuable."
"Good basic firewall features."
"The initial setup is not complex."
"It's a good solution for end-users. It's pretty easy to work with."
"The product’s documentation is good."
"I have found the most valuable features to be antivirus and malware protection."
"The documentation is very good."
"The GUI is easy to understand."
"The solution has good customization abilities and plenty of features."
"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."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"The central management for the FortiGate Fortinet Firewall needs improvement. They have the manager to do the essential management for both SD-WAN and for the security policy. They should also improve the SD-WAN function."
"We would like to see an upgrade to the VPN feature, we are using the VPN from outside of our office and there is a limitation to 10 connections, more connections would be suitable."
"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."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"It would be better if they had a trace and trap feature. It's hard for me to say anything bad about Barracuda. This is because we had a firewall go down in the town of Kirkland Lake, and it was a blown-out port, and they had an instant replacement."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"ClamAV AntiVirus can cause some crashes. That service should be improved."
"I have been using WireGuard VPN because it is a lot faster and more secure than an open VPN. However, in the latest version of pfSense, they have removed this feature, which is one of the main features that I need. They should include this feature."
"I would like to see pfSense integrate WireGuard. Currently, pfSense uses OpenVPN, and there's nothing wrong with it, but WireGuard is a lot leaner and meaner."
"I would like to see SD1 integration into the software. That would be fantastic."
"This solution is good for small businesses but it is not as stable as other competitors such as Fortinet."
"The solution could be more user-friendly, and the graphical interface needs some work so that someone without an IT background can use the application. I would like the ability to manage the on-premise appliance from the cloud. When I'm not in the office, it would be great to connect to the pfSense server and administer the network remotely."
"pfSense is not user-friendly. I hope to have something to make the interfaces more user-friendly."
"It was difficult to configure our web printer through the solution. This process could be easier. Additionally, integration with SD-WAN solution."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Netgate pfSense is ranked 1st in Firewalls with 128 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Netgate pfSense 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 Netgate pfSense writes "User-friendly, easy to manage the firewall, rule-wise and interface-wise". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall and Meraki MX, whereas Netgate pfSense is most compared with OPNsense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM, KerioControl and Cisco Secure Firewall. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Netgate pfSense report.
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