We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Untangle NG 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 FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"This solution has helped our organization by having strong functions and a reliable firewall."
"A strong point of FortiGate is that the graphical interface is complete and easy to use, especially if we think there is a list of operations that we are able to perform inside."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use."
"It's a user-friendly firewall. Most of the tasks are very simple. It's simple to configure and troubleshoot this firewall."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"The features I find most valuable is the VPN and the fact that we can apply our policies to the program."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features."
"The solution is stable."
"Their GPS possibilities and the security that it has, especially the SD-WAN functionality, is very good."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"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."
"Scalability is good; the company wants to be able to handle large customers."
"All features are useful. We are using premium features such as bandwidth sharing, failover, web filters, SSL controls, antivirus, and VPN. We use these features to the fullest. These features are available in the paid firewall license, not the free one."
"The product’s most valuable features are endpoint protection management, load balancing, and connectivity with Active Directory."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"The interface is very good."
"None of my clients has had a ransom or breach using Untangle."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"It is very easy to deploy and monitor. "
"Vulnerability scanning could be improved."
"They can do more tests before they release new versions because I would like to be more assured. We had some experiences where they release something new and great, but some of the old features are disabled or they don't work well, which impacts the product satisfaction. The manufacturer should be able to prove that everything works or not only that it might work. This is applicable to most of the other services, software, and hardware companies. They all should work on this. We cannot trust every new release, such as a beta release, on the first day. We wait for some comments on the forums and from other companies that we know. We always wait a few weeks before we use the updated version. They should also extend the VPN client application, especially for Linux versions. Currently, it has an application for Linux devices, but it doesn't work the way we want to connect to the VPN. They use only the old connection, not the new one. They have VPN client applications for Windows and Mac, but they can add more useful features to better manage the devices and monitor the current health of each device. Such features would be helpful for our company."
"Its reporting and pricing need improvement."
"The UI could be improved."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding enhancements to FortiMail, FortiSOAR, and FortiDeceptor."
"In the next release, I would like to see the interface simplified to be more user-friendly."
"Usually, we sell the bundle with the UTM or threat management piece with IPS, IDS. Other providers, such as Palo Alto, are ahead in terms of safe functionality. So, for me, delivering truly safe service is probably something that still needs to be improved."
"The support costs and licensing are sometimes so expensive."
"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."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"Command line could be more user friendly."
"Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application."
"The usability for the administrator's experience needs improvement. My system administrator has some questions about its overall connectivity and flexibility."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"It's a little bit complex in terms of handling. If you implement a change, there is a specific point where you have to commit it. It's not like you just push a button and it's always committed. If you don't know to check whether your commit command has been executed or not... that is something Barracuda needs to work on."
"The biggest challenge that we have with this solution is local support. The local support is a problem in our area."
"They don't have any feature that allows you to drop the session."
"The storage is minimal, so we have to set the system to delete data after seven days."
"The product should improve reporting."
"We have a minor issue when assigning IP addresses in the ARP tables. You should be able to go into the ARP tables, look at the IP address and say, "Nope, they need to be on this side on this IP address." The ability to set a DHP reservation from the ARP tables would be great. It's no big deal, but it would be nice to have."
"The pricing is not as good as it was some time ago. They've since skipped offering a lot of individual features."
"The product must improve its reporting features."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 35 reviews while Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 22 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Untangle NG Firewall 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 Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, Azure Firewall and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and SonicWall TZ. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Untangle NG Firewall report.
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