We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Cisco 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."It is a very stable solution."
"Single device, multiple functions - I do not need to purchase a web application firewall, a proxy server, a VPN device and so many others because these are all built in to this one device."
"We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor."
"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."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"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."
"The solution has great scalability."
"The scalability is the most valuable feature."
"SD-WAN is very stable - once it's deployed, you can just forget about it, it runs by itself."
"Configuration interfaces are quite easy and intuitive. Being a part of the Cisco environment, Cisco SD-WAN is quite straightforward."
"There is minimum blind space in this solution."
"Cisco SD-WAN's most valuable feature is the ease of transition."
"Load balancing is a feature that allows us to take the best of our links and distribute the load intelligently, always with an eye on the end-customer experience."
"Cisco SD-WAN's collaborative features are unique and sustainable. I also like the protocols, which use two SD-WAN."
"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 price is a bit higher than other vendors."
"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."
"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."
"If you experience an attack it can take a very long time to find a solution."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"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."
"I would like to see the connection improved."
"This solution should include a fully functional firewall at no extra charge."
"The inexpensive Viptela hardware may be replaced with overpriced Cisco routers. This would be a tragic mistake for Cisco as the lightweight commodity platform built by Viptela is the reason to own this solution."
"The platform needs to be updated to be more stable and simple."
"The price could be better. From a technical side, and everything's working smoothly. Cisco SD-WAN could be cheaper."
"An area for improvement lies in enhancing the integration with the security functions of the SD-WAN."
"The solution is expensive and could be cheaper."
"Cisco SD-WAN is not as easy to deploy as the Meraki and FortiGate solutions. The zero-touch deployment could be a lot better. The deployment and initial setup are complicated and could be better."
"In the next release, Cisco should focus on simplifying the configuration of SD-WAN. SD-WAN has a lot of room to grow."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 8th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 35 reviews while Cisco SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 86 reviews. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while Cisco SD-WAN is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco SD-WAN writes "A solution for integrating services to enhance up-time, performance and lower costs". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Cisco SD-WAN is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and Versa Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Platform. See our Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Cisco SD-WAN report.
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