We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and OPNsense 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 can expand easily."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"The Intrusion Prevention System and the web filtering are both working well."
"The security on offer is very good."
"It has improved our security capabilities."
"It's super reliable. I don't think I've ever had a reliability issue with it."
"The product is easy to use and is stable. The SV1 functionality is a benefit."
"The GUI is good."
"If you have multiple offices, all inter-connected via the internet, you want a single management console through which you can manage all you firewalls. In that case Barracuda could be a good option."
"If an employee tries to get or move a file that is not permitted to them - for example if he wants to copy it to a USB - he will not have the right to do that, because Barracuda manages who has the right to copy, and what you copy to a USB. The USB is encrypted with a specific code from Barracuda and will only be decrypted into any other laptop in the company if they allow it to see it."
"The solution is stable."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"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."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, URL filtering, IPS, and virus scanning."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"The interface and the dashboard are the most valuable features of this solution."
"URL blocking, Wireguard, Tail Scale, Engine Blocker, and VPN are the most valuable features for me."
"OPNsense could improve by making the configuration more web-based rather than shell or command-line-based."
"It has firewall and VPN capabilities, which are very valuable features."
"It has an open license. It works very well, and there is an update every month."
"One of the most valuable features is the network checking. Additionally, the firewall and web filtering functionalities are highly useful."
"The VPN server feature is the most valuable. It is integrated with Radius and AAA for doing accounting and authentication. Insight view is also an important feature for me at this time. It allows me to assess our network traffic. I also like the firewall feature. The BSD kernel has a packet filter. It is one of the most solid frameworks for firewalls. Its user interface is one of the best interfaces I have used."
"The solution is good for a basic firewall for a small business or for home use."
"The firmware needs improvement because there are bugs when a new release comes through. Sometimes, the configuration changes, and it's a bit harder to see where the fail is. The first time that you have the firmware, it tends to have some issues, and it's better to wait a bit to update the equipment."
"Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve to be on par with its competitors, such as Palo Alto and Sophos. They are the market leaders. Fortinet FortiGate needs to improve its capabilities. However, we are happy with Fortinet FortiGate."
"The user interface could be improved."
"Some of the features in the graphical user interface do not work, which requires that we used the command-line-interface."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"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 interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"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."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"The solution could be more secure."
"While they do have paid options that actually gives better features, for most of the clients, if they tend to take a paid option will instead opt for Fortinet."
"The interface needs to be simplified. It is not user-friendly."
"The ability to set the VPN IP address would be a welcome addition."
"There are issues with stability and reliability."
"The reporting part could be better."
"There are a few weaknesses. For example, there is a lack of some features that I have in certain commercial products."
"The scalability needs improvement."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while OPNsense is ranked 3rd in Firewalls with 36 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while OPNsense is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OPNsense writes "Good interface and firewall capabilities and overall easy to use". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Azure Firewall, Cisco Secure Firewall and Meraki MX, whereas OPNsense is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Untangle NG Firewall, Sophos UTM and IPFire. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. OPNsense report.
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