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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda CloudGen Firewalls provides a wide range of security and connectivity features, including web filtering, NAC and SSL VPN and other features for remote access, as well as protection as edge devices and IoT security.N/A

    Barracuda Load Balancer ADC

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is a Secure Application Delivery Controller that enables Application Availability, Acceleration and Control, while providing Application Security Capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsBarracuda offers prospective buyers a build and quote tool on their website.—
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Chose Barracuda Load Balancer ADC
    We chose Barracuda because we already have other products of theirs. And primarily for the support. Their support is the best we have come across. They help you every step form setup to use to troubleshooting.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Barracuda Load Balancer ADC
    Feature
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Barracuda Load Balancer ADC
    -
    Ratings
    Identification Technologies9.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console9.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging9.411 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN9.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability9.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Barracuda CloudGen FirewallBarracuda Load Balancer ADC
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Barracuda CloudGen FirewallBarracuda Load Balancer ADC
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    I would say a small business with a basic firewall and security needs would be a perfect fit for the Barracuda CloudGen firewall. I know that they soon end up leaving the NG models and are moving forward with the F series firewall. I think the F series is a much more difficult to manage device and doesn’t offer simplistic configuration or use and lacks cloud control so I don’t understand the move on Barracuda’s part to nix a great easy to manage the firewall. I do think that the NG line is maybe too simple for bigger businesses and would lack some main features that they would require.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Barracuda is an inexpensive solution for load balancing web traffic of all kinds and works as a reverse proxy if you need one. It is efficient and has been a very stable solution. If you need extremely granular configuration for your load balancing traffic, then you may need to go with one of the bigger brands. Barracuda will more than handle regular small and medium business use and do so at a greatly reduced price point.
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    Pros
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • The management software is excellent. It make it much easier to manage the firewalls than some of the other vendors.
    • Watching real-time traffic is easy to do when trying to troubleshoot a users issues getting to a particular service.
    • Support from Barracuda has been excellent. We rate their phone and online remote support as being the best in the business.
    • We like the QoS and Traffic shaping of the NG Firewalls. They help is manage our limited bandwidth, so that business critical resources are available over lesser critical resources.
    • Integration with Active Directory makes it easy to identify users activities in logs.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Excellent Load Balancing.
    • Flexible configuration - It's very simple to configure and powerful enough to handle many more websites than just our exchange site.
    • Continuously updated - Barracuda makes fairly frequent updates to address issues and improve features.
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    Cons
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Very complex and steep learning curve to get up to speed.
    • Multiple ways to configure for the same service or feature. Takes time to determine "your" customized build.
    • Interface can sometimes be clunky when trying to determine how it's organized or arranged. Again, steep learning curve.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Overall, there are no issues. It just runs.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    It is a product we plan on continuing to use.
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    Usability
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Easy enough to use and configure using the management UI. Reporting from the web filter is a little clunky, and not very user friendly. To be perfectly honest, once it's set up and running, there isn't a lot to do from the day-to-day side of things, which is not a bad thing.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    It is fairly easy to learn after support helps you set it up and shows you how things work. Which they will do.
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    Support Rating
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    I could go on and on about how good Barracuda's support really is. I have yet to have a problem they didn't help me fix and I always learn something when talking with them. The story that best describes my overall experience with Barracuda's support is this: When I first put in the xSeries they had a problem with a policy route. There was a bug in the code and in the one situation I was it, it just would not work. I went up the levels of support and they couldn't fix it. Well, next thing I know I am on the phone with 2 of the guys that programmed the thing and they work out the solution in no time and get me going. That is support. That is what I have come to expect from Barracuda. If the tech on the phone doesn't know the answer, they do not stop until they find it. Grant it, I also have to admit I do not call support with every problem, I try to work it out on my own first as that is how I learn best, so when I do call support it is going to be complicated.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    It did well for basic needs but would not deliver for all our services.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Our Cisco firewall was always difficult to make any changes against. It had no user-friendly GUI interface. We were calling technical support most of the time whenever we needed to make any changes. The Barracuda CloudGen Firewall has a GUI interface which we are looking forward to getting better acquainted with as we move off of our old Cisco. Of course, Barracuda's technical support is always there and is top notch!
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    We also had looked at Kemp and F5. The Kemp and F5 had a lot of horsepower and advanced configuration and functionality. When we looked at our workload and how we were planning on using the load balancers, we really didn't need all those extra bells and whistles. Barracuda provided all the standard functionality we needed and were looking for and did so at a greatly reduced price point.
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    Return on Investment
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • We saved multiple thousands of dollars the first year out with the firewall in maintenance fees. We paid for the firewall and 3 years of service and still saved money.
    • The ease of management allows me to do my job more efficiently. I save a lot of time when doing my day to day job because I can get to my firewall virtually anywhere.
    • I feel a lot safer and my business more secure knowing that I have configured things the way they need to be and it was simple and not overly complicated.
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • It has allowed us to maintain a very high level of uptime.
    • It has allowed us to perform server updates without the downtime of services.
    • It has provided a consistent user experience by properly balancing service loads across servers.
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