We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Palo Alto Networks WildFire based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's great for handling complex items."
"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."
"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."
"TINA (Transport Independent Network Architecture) VPN features - Allows automatic VPN configuration with little or no input from the tech. Drag and drop lines between Barracuda units and the VPN is built automatically."
"What I like best about this product are the support and the features."
"Live monitoring of what is happening inside and on the interfaces, either ingress or egress."
"Easy integration with some other systems like LDAP or Active Directory to manage other permissions and the division of external access and internal access."
"Its stability and SD-WAN features are the most valuable."
"It is the best device in comparison to other network products in the marketplace."
"High availability with active-active and active-passive modes."
"Remote access is excellent."
"The most valuable features are all of the security features in terms of protection and SSL and VPN."
"I give the initial setup an eight out of ten."
"The cloud-based services are a nice feature."
"We get support in the free version."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is how it keeps up-to-date with viruses."
"The administration UI could be better. It should also have better application detection policies."
"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."
"Can be underpowered if you choose to use all available add-on features. Just be careful when sizing your unit. Make sure you take into account what features you will be turning on, and work with your sales rep to get the model that can handle that load."
"The price could be better."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"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."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"The system performance degrades after the solution has been deployed for some time. The data that it gives us becomes a little bit slow. When you try to get some data for troubleshooting, it seems like it's working hard to extract that data."
"The only problem with this solution is the cost. It's expensive."
"The technical support response needs improvement."
"In the future, I would like to see more automation in the reporting."
"The deployment model could be better."
"Our main concern is that everything has to be synced with the WildFire Cloud and has to be checked through the subscription."
"In terms of what I'd like to see in the next release of Palo Alto Networks WildFire, each release is based on malware that has been identified. The key problem is an average of six months from the time malware is written to the time it's discovered and a signature is created for it. The only advice that I can give is for them to shorten that timeframe. I don't know how they would do it, but if they shorten that, for example, cut it in half, they'll make themselves more famous."
"The cost of this solution could still be improved, in particular, giving product discounts for charitable causes."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 35 reviews while Palo Alto Networks WildFire is ranked 3rd in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with 58 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Palo Alto Networks WildFire 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 Palo Alto Networks WildFire writes "Good technical support and provides automatic analysis that saves us time in filtering email". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Meraki MX, whereas Palo Alto Networks WildFire is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Juniper SRX Series Firewall, Proofpoint Email Protection and Fortinet FortiSandbox. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Palo Alto Networks WildFire report.
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