We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Fortinet FortiWeb based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Some of the most valuable features are the ease of deployment, the Barracuda support, the easy-to-use console, and the granularity of the reports."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The stability of the solution is good. I don't think we've experienced bugs, crashes, or glitches."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the simplicity of configuration."
"I find the solution very stable."
"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 installation is straightforward."
"The updating and signature features are my primary use case for the solution. These features are beneficial to my organization."
"The most valuable feature is the attack signature and machine learning."
"The most valuable features in Fortinet FortiWeb are sandboxing and threat prevention."
"The ability to configure multiple policies for different requirements is a strong feature of Fortinet FortiWeb."
"Built-in security templates, AV integrated, strong threat intelligence."
"I have recently been looking at the SSL certificate features and the learning mode of the appliance. This appliance learns from the pattern of SSL attacks."
"The deployment was very easy."
"FortiWeb offers machine learning in the latest product. This fixed many problems. There are no false negatives."
"The most valuable features are support and security."
"One of Barracuda's limitations is its user interface. The GUI for configuration is not intuitive and has remained largely unchanged for the past 10 to 12 years."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement."
"Barracuda Web Application Firewall’s scalability needs improvement."
"We've had some blocks of the application and some false positives."
"It is not stable nor mature."
"Barracuda Web Application Firewall's load balancing feature could be improved."
"In the Barracuda Web Application Firewall, there should be more affordable options for WAF as a service."
"They should improve their features, so they easily compare to the competition."
"The interface could have the interdependent elements arranged sequentially and wizards that go through most common deployment actions."
"The solution could improve by being able to handle different use cases."
"The solution is not very scalable, to scale up would require another deployment with a new appliance and a change to the network."
"I know that we have run into some issues with an SSL certificate and how it functions. Sometimes this breaks connectivity or just limits certain websites that are whitelisted."
"If the price was lower, it would be a bit more attractive, as an option, to the customers."
"It may be better if it were easier to create roles."
"FortiGate could be improved on the security end because we've had some incidents with the customer. Otherwise, there is no problem."
"I would like to see more improvements with respect to threat intelligence."
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall is ranked 14th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews while Fortinet FortiWeb is ranked 4th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 83 reviews. Barracuda Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while Fortinet FortiWeb is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda Web Application Firewall writes "Provides strong issue discovery capabilities; enhance the security parameters of web applications and suitable for medium to large enterprises". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiWeb writes "Cost-effective, easy to configure, and works very well as a single solution for multiple environments". Barracuda Web Application Firewall is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, HAProxy, Kemp LoadMaster and Radware Alteon, whereas Fortinet FortiWeb is most compared with F5 Advanced WAF, Fortinet FortiADC, AWS WAF, Azure Web Application Firewall and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway. See our Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiWeb report.
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