Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. Radware Alteon Comparison

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Radware Alteon

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Read 12 Barracuda Web Application Firewall reviews.

4,700 views|3,664 comparisons

Radware Alteon

Read 4 Radware Alteon reviews.

3,699 views|3,029 comparisons

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Igor-Bashtovyi

Security Engineer at a tech services company

Gives an understanding of what is happening on your site and any attempts on your source

It's very simple and predictable because Barracuda provides a vision of the current state of your application. It gives you an understanding of... Read more »

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"The volumetric DDoS defense is very good because I had a problem with a lot of volumetric DDoS attacks on my servers. After using Barracuda, those attacks have stopped and all the traffic is going smoothly to my servers and the system is working really well.""I find the solution very stable.""The most valuable feature of this solution is the simplicity of configuration.""The most valuable feature is the automatic content filtering.""It's very simple and predictable, because Barracuda provides a vision of the current state of your application. It gives you an understanding of what is happening on your site and any attempts against you at your source. This is the main value that Web Application Firewall provides our company. These aspects are also the main reason for this documentation process.""The most valuable features are the client VPN and content filtering.""You don't need help from Barracuda to help with the deployment. The deployment is easy.""The stability of the solution is good. I don't think we've experienced bugs, crashes, or glitches." More Barracuda Web Application Firewall Pros »	"The most valuable aspect is that it establishes user security.""It is easy to expand. Our clients are enterprise-size.""The most valuable feature is the load-balancing reverse proxy.""The interface is easy, it's friendly, and has good alerting." More Radware Alteon Pros »
Cons
"I would like to see better controlling of the traffic.""The solution could use more reports.""I would like to see an improved capacity to store logs so that they will be available for a longer time.""The usability of the interface could be improved.""I think the main area for improvement in this product is learning it, as can be seen when comparing it to the F5 web application firewall. F5 has a very powerful learning phase when you start using your web application firewall against your site. Barracuda has something like this, but not with the same functionality from my point of view.""The incident reporting needs to be improved.""They could improve their performance, support, and their upgrades. Their updates used to be good. Their improvements were right on the money but nowadays, the updates are minor.""The reporting aspect of the solution needs improvement. I don't find that it's very good. They could do some work on it to make it much better. It's not that the reporting isn't secure. It's just that I would prefer to store my reports for an extended period of time. Right now, that's not possible and I'd prefer it if that could change. I also would say that the reports themselves are expensive." More Barracuda Web Application Firewall Cons »	"I would like for the load balancing to work with premier and the cloud, a mix of premium and cloud.""Load balancing needs improvement. It needs better integration. I heard f5 works as a DNS operator which is not available in this solution. It would be better if that was implemented.""We are having a difficult time with the security module, and how to implement the Radware security.""Support is an area that needs improvement." More Radware Alteon Cons »

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"Our licensing fees are paid annually and the cost is between €600 and €800 (approximately $665.00 to $885.00 USD).""Barracuda costs us $8,000 per year. Barracuda costs $20,000 for a full subscription, when you try to protect multi-site infrastructure, in different geographical zones and for different data centers. If you have only one site, Barracuda will be cheaper.""The price of this solution is okay."

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Questions from the Community
What needs improvement with Barracuda Web Application Firewall? Top Answer: Ability to store logs for a longer time. Buying the Reporting server escalates costs and places solution above SMMs Read all 8 answers What is your primary use case for Barracuda Web Application Firewall? Top Answer: In addition, Barracuda primary case for me is their support. Beautiful support. Read all 11 answers	What do you like most about Radware Alteon? Top Answer: It is easy to expand. Our clients are enterprise-size. Read all 2 answers What needs improvement with Radware Alteon? Top Answer: Load balancing needs improvement. It needs better integration. I heard f5 works as a DNS operator which is not available in this solution. It would be better if that was implemented. Read all 2 answers What is your primary use case for Radware Alteon? Top Answer: We use it for inbound traffic. We have web access portals. Read all 2 answers
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6th out of 45 in Web Application Firewall (WAF) Views 4,700 Comparisons 3,664 Reviews 11 Average Words per Review 442 Rating 8.0	9th out of 26 in Application Delivery Controllers Views 3,699 Comparisons 3,029 Reviews 4 Average Words per Review 296 Rating 8.5
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Overview
Barracuda Web Application Firewall is the ideal solution for organizations looking to protect web applications from data breaches and defacement. With the Barracuda Web Application Firewall, administrators do not need to wait for clean code or even know how an application works to secure their applications. Organizations can ensure robust security with a Barracuda Web Application Firewall hardware or virtual appliance, deployed either on-premises or in the cloud.	Radware Alteon application delivery controller (ADC) and the load balancer that with application SLA. It provides advanced, end-to-end local and global load balancing capabilities for all Web, cloud and mobile-based applications. Alteon load balancer combines best-of-breed application delivery capabilities, market-leading SSL performance that supports all of the latest encryption protocols, and advanced services to companies with ongoing application lifecycle management challenges that impact the performance of web applications (such as heavier, more complex web content); mobility, and the migration to the cloud.
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Sample Customers
Oracle, CBS, Pioneer, Hyundai, Publix, Barnes Noble, Calzedonia, Nordstrom, Samsung, Nascar	Convergys
Top Industries
VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company27% Comms Service Provider26% Government7% Media Company7%	VISITORS READING REVIEWS Comms Service Provider31% Computer Software Company29% Financial Services Firm7% Energy/Utilities Company6%
Company Size
REVIEWERS Small Business67% Midsize Enterprise7% Large Enterprise27%	REVIEWERS Small Business14% Midsize Enterprise29% Large Enterprise57%

Barracuda Web Application Firewall is ranked 6th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 12 reviews while Radware Alteon is ranked 9th in Application Delivery Controllers with 4 reviews. Barracuda Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while Radware Alteon is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Barracuda Web Application Firewall writes "Gives an understanding of what is happening on your site and any attempts on your source". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Radware Alteon writes "A good load-balancing reverse proxy for internal applications that is easy to setup and has good technical support". Barracuda Web Application Firewall is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, F5 BIG-IP, HAProxy and Fortinet FortiWeb, whereas Radware Alteon is most compared with F5 BIG-IP, Citrix ADC, A10 Networks Thunder ADC, HAProxy and Barracuda Load Balancer ADC.

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