We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Application Firewall and NGINX App Protect 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."We use Barracuda to protect the application. That's the main feature we use it for."
"The initial setup is easy."
"It allows us to scale out to multiple phase servers."
"The updating and signature features are my primary use case for the solution. These features are beneficial to my organization."
"We only need one subscription to be protected against both active DDoS and offline DDoS attacks."
"Even when we were upgrading to a new OS, we didn't have any difficulties with the product. The stability is good."
"Parameter Protection is a valuable feature."
"One of the strongest points is its robust issue discovery capabilities. Barracuda invests significant efforts in identifying and resolving issues. They have multiple products that work in tandem to perform these checks, which is beneficial because it automates security updates. This is the primary reason I recommend it to my customers."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its flexibility."
"NGINX App Protect is stable."
"The most valuable feature of NGINX App Protect is its open source."
"I tested specific features and evaluated the solution against the Web Application Firewall. I conducted research to test different detection percentages. I did not use it directly for protection but for evaluation purposes."
"It has the best documentation features."
"NGINX App Protect has complete control over the HTTP session."
"The stability of the product is very impressive since it handles 60,000 to 70,000 requests or transactions per second."
"NGINX App Protect's best features are auto-learning, which creates a profile of applications that are deployed, bot protection, and force protection, which lets you configure your brute force policy and alert for and prevent brute force attacks."
"We've had some blocks of the application and some false positives."
"We encountered a few glitches while implementing API security features into the product."
"The policy updates could be improved."
"I would like to see a native multi-cloud cover."
"It is not stable nor mature."
"The solution needs to leverage some additional features to a broader scale of software-defined networks."
"The usability of the interface could be improved."
"Its interface can be better. It is not very friendly."
"Right now, the tool doesn't provide an option revolving around update feeds, specifically the signature update option in the UI."
"The dashboard could provide a more comprehensive view of the status of the connections."
"Areas for improvement would be if NGINX could scan for vulnerabilities and learn and update the signatures of DoS attacks."
"Its technical support could be better."
"As far as scalability, it takes a long time for deployment."
"The configuration needs to be more flexible because it is difficult to do things that are outside of the ordinary."
"The price of NGINX App Protect could improve."
"NGINX App Protect could improve security."
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall is ranked 14th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews while NGINX App Protect is ranked 15th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 20 reviews. Barracuda Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while NGINX App Protect is rated 8.2. 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 NGINX App Protect writes "Capable of complete automation but is costly ". Barracuda Web Application Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, HAProxy and Kemp LoadMaster, whereas NGINX App Protect is most compared with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, AWS WAF, Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs. NGINX App Protect report.
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