We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and VMware SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"When you are sending information to an external email address, Barracuda can warn you when you are trying to access a private or personal email, or trying to upload information and not allow you to do that."
"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."
"Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"The most valuable features are SD-WAN, URL filtering, IPS, and virus scanning."
"The most valuable feature is the dynamic multipath optimization."
"In my experience, the setup process has been fairly straightforward."
"I would absolutely recommend VeloCloud because it's user-friendly and because the integration is easier than with other solutions."
"Anyone can migrate over to VeloCloud, it's that simple, just plug in the necessary cables and it's done."
"The most valuable feature of VMware SD-WAN is flexibility. It is more flexible than other vendors."
"VMware is the only SD-WAN solution that integrates with Azure Virtual WAN."
"The most valuable features of VMware SD-WAN are the overall capabilities and ease of use."
"Some of the best features are the SD-WAN platform for VMware and the NSX network virtualization."
"The biggest downside is that it is quite an expensive product."
"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."
"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."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"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."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"In an upcoming release, they should allow customers the flexibility to use mobile applications where they can go and check on the information about their networks. A lot of vendors, such as Meraki, have a lot more integration with the use of portals to a mobile application. Having this feature as an alternative to logging into a laptop would be beneficial. If you are a SaaS-based company why not make a mobile application as well. You might not be able to do configurations but at least monitor while away or on vacation."
"VMware SD-WAN is harder than Cisco. It is complex, and we must take many steps to get the service. I think it would be beneficial if obtaining licenses could be simplified. Currently, numerous options and integrations are bundled together, which can make it quite complex."
"Implementing VMware is much more difficult, time-consuming, and expensive than implementing Fortinet or Check Point."
"VMware SD-WAN could be improved with more automation and more integration, but each vendor could use these improvements."
"Technical support is in need of improvement."
"Reports could be simplified."
"There is no security included, which is something that should be improved."
"Better price model would be appreciated."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 10th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 35 reviews while VMware SD-WAN is ranked 4th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 50 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while VMware SD-WAN 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 VMware SD-WAN writes "To fully utilize cloud vendors' hardware networking, Microsoft and VMware support everything". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Azure Firewall, whereas VMware SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, Cato SASE Cloud Platform and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. VMware SD-WAN report.
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