We performed a comparison between Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions."It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends."
"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients."
"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."
"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."
"I would most definitely recommend this solution to other people."
"One of the big benefits of the product is that it allows you to manage big environments with fewer resources."
"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."
"It's great for handling complex items."
"The analytics is the most valuable feature because it was very granular and very comprehensive, although a little complicated to use. If you're really interested in knowing what's happening on your network, it's a very good solution. That was the .NET Profiler part of the solution."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"It would be better if they had a trace and trap feature. It's hard for me to say anything bad about Barracuda. This is because we had a firewall go down in the town of Kirkland Lake, and it was a blown-out port, and they had an instant replacement."
"The features are a bit limited compared to other vendors."
"They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn."
"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience."
"The price could be better."
"There is room for improvement in performance and the support language. The support they're providing right now is from a different country, and in our country, there are people—network admins and IT heads—who don't speak English properly. So Barracuda needs to provide support agents who speak additional languages, such as Bangla."
"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 routing scalability needs improvement. We have run into a lot of limitations and also primarily from a routine perspective, things like RSPs line support. It was supportive but not really supportive."
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 12th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 35 reviews while SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is ranked 25th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2, while SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN writes "Analytics feature is very granular and comprehensive, although complicated to use". Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG and Cisco Secure Firewall, whereas SteelConnect EX Enterprise SD-WAN is most compared with Steelhead.
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