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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Score9.4 out of 10

45 Reviews and Ratings

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What is Barracuda CloudGen Firewall?

Barracuda 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.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Barracuda CloudGen Firewall has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 45 ratings of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall's features
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Top Performing Features

  • High Availability

    Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working

    Category average: 9.2

  • Policy-based Controls

    Firewall policy controls enable administrators to create firewall policies controlling what data is allowed to traverse the firewall

    Category average: 8.9

  • Stateful Inspection

    Stateful inspection analyzes packet headers and contents of packets

    Category average: 8.8

Areas for Improvement

  • Reporting and Logging

    Custom and summary reports, and log files enabling analysis of security incidents, application usage and traffic patterns

    Category average: 8.2

  • Proxy Server

    A proxy server changes your IP address and masks the origin of your network traffic

    Category average: 8.5

  • Visualization Tools

    Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.

    Category average: 8.1

Reviews

What users are saying about Barracuda CloudGen Firewall.
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Barracuda experience for a mid-sized and rapidly changing School District.

Incentivized
Kael HankinsView profile
Asst. Tech Director in Information Technology at Clear Creek Amana Community School District (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This product serves as both our primary edge firewalls as well as our SD-WAN concentrators and end-points. We occasionally use smaller Barracuda firewalls in mobile or field-office applications as well. We have used Barracuda for general-purpose student web filtering in the past.

Pros

  • Edge Firewall
  • Deployment flexibility
  • Basic SD-WAN

Cons

  • Web Filtering
  • Data Visibility
  • External Reporting / Logging
  • Licensing Model

Most Important Features

  • Firewall
  • SD-WAN
  • Application Visibility/Classification
  • Web-Filtering

Return on Investment

  • Cost-effective SD-WAN for our smaller sites
  • Basic Web Filtering to backup on-device filters
  • Preventing IBR attacks

Alternatives Considered

Ubiquiti Networks UniFi

Other Software Used

Aruba Instant Wi-Fi Access Points, HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches

First Firewall I feel Comfortable With!

Jay Glatt
Vice President of IT in Information Technology at Giumarra (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • We only use the CudaLaunch now and love it!!

Cons

  • I can't think of anything

Return on Investment

  • It saved us during the pandemic
  • Good easy to use interface
  • We no longer have to call support every time we need to make a change - like on our Cisco firewall

Alternatives Considered

Cisco ASA

The only firewalls you will need

Incentivized
Paul MetzgerView profile
Senior Network Engineer in Information Technology at Pine Belt Mental Health (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • It is just a dang good firewall. It does things some of the more expensive firewalls (not going to call out ASA) cannot do at a fraction of the cost.
  • Barracuda's support is second to none.

Cons

  • I can't really think of any. I am sure there are some areas it could improve on, but right now I have 0 complaints about anything on them.

Return on Investment

  • Really neutral given we came from the x series. The move to the x series was a huge positive in terms of time spent managing and the ability to get what needed to be done, well done. The move to the NG was just the next step.
  • I will say the one thing, in terms of value, that is given is the firewall admin application. This one program saves a ton of time in configuration versus using the web-based configuration. You can only pick one, and for me, it's a no brainer - turn the web-based config off and use the app.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services, SonicWall TZ, Juniper SRX and Fortinet FortiGate

Other Software Used

PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer, ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus

An appliance rich in features and protection for the network.

Incentivized
Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our nextgen Barracuda CloudGen Firewall F380 has been a key part of the company's protection and security. It was acquired about 2 years ago from a reseller and since then it has been our network edge defense. The appliance is complete and in addition to a firewall, it has other advanced protection features such as URL filtering, application control, VPN and anti-malware. We use a topology with 2 appliances in active-standby, the first one is the main one and the second one is for redundancy. With our scenario, the network is always very safe from attacks and vulnerabilities.

Pros

  • Increased level of network protection against threats.
  • Visibility and control of applications that users access.
  • URL Filtering to block unauthorized or prohibited websites on the internal corporate network.
  • Protection against diverse malware at the edge of the network.
  • Firewall redundancy with another backup appliance.

Cons

  • The url filtering and application control licenses are not perpetual and need to be renewed every year.

Most Important Features

  • Firewall with deep packet inspection and built-in IPS.
  • Robust hardware that supports more than 80,000 simultaneous connections.
  • Web protection with URL Filtering functionality and application control.
  • VPN site to site and remote.
  • Offers protection against malware.

Return on Investment

  • Prevents cyber attacks and optimizes network and user management.
  • The security has been improved and made more reliable.

Other Software Used

Norton, IdSurvey, Juniper AP Series Access Points, AWS Serverless Application Repository, AWS Backup, Acronis Advanced Backup

Best Firewall for the Price

Verified User
Vice-President in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

<div>This is our main firewall and first line of defense on the internet. It also connects remote users via VPN and our multiple sites via IPSec tunnels. </div><div>We use one at every location we have.

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Pros

  • Clear and simple configuration
  • Secure Device
  • Easy to use

Cons

  • Being able to manage all firewalls in one pane of glass without charging more for this
  • Ability to get better push notifications
  • Better online documentation

Most Important Features

  • Security
  • VPN
  • World class 24/7 support

Return on Investment

  • The ROI was fantastic, especially the included hardware refresh in year 4 (out of 5)
  • We couldn't exist on the internet without this.

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