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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs. Fortinet FortiGate

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    Overview
    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

    FortiGate

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AFortiNet FortiGate is a firewall option with high integrability. It offers a variety of deployment options and next-gen firewall capabilities, including integration with IaaS cloud platforms and public cloud environments.N/A
    Pricing
    Barracuda CloudGen FirewallFortiGate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Barracuda CloudGen FirewallFortiGate
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    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.FortiGate pricing starts at $250 for home office use, up to $300,000 for large enterprise appliances. Must contact sales team for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Barracuda CloudGen FirewallFortiGate
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    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Chose Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    There really is no comparison. Juniper and Sonicwall are the closest competitors, however, in terms of features versus price Barracuda wins every time. Cisco does not allow the ASA to do certain things it should be allowed to do, it is design flaws but they have no intention of …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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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
    Barracuda CloudGen FirewallFortiGate
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Fortinet FortiGate
    Feature
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    9.5
    11 Ratings
    Fortinet FortiGate
    8.9
    40 Ratings
    Identification Technologies9.710 Ratings8.638 Ratings
    Visualization Tools8.510 Ratings8.538 Ratings
    Content Inspection9.49 Ratings9.439 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls9.810 Ratings9.040 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP9.611 Ratings9.039 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console9.611 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging9.411 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    VPN9.710 Ratings8.640 Ratings
    High Availability9.99 Ratings9.535 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection9.88 Ratings9.538 Ratings
    Proxy Server9.04 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Barracuda CloudGen FirewallFortiGate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.0
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)