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Barracuda Web Security Gateway vs. Cisco Umbrella

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Barracuda Web Security Gateway

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Web Security Gateways now available in the 200 through 1000 series provide web content filtering as well as access and advanced threat protection, and are available as physical appliances, virtual appliances, or as a SaaS.N/A

    Cisco Umbrella

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACisco now offers OpenDNS Umbrella Web Filtering. Cisco acquired OpenDNS in August 2015, and rebranded the product as Cisco Umbrella.N/A
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    Barracuda Web Security GatewayCisco Umbrella
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    Barracuda Web Security GatewayCisco Umbrella
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Barracuda Web Security GatewayCisco Umbrella
    Considered Both Products
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
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    Cisco
    Chose Cisco Umbrella
    We were using the Barracuda Networks Web Filtering appliance for a portion of this use case, and at one time, we were using both Umbrella and Barracuda Web Filter. We let the Barracuda support expire due to issues between Barracuda Support and Sales, and have since been using …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Umbrella
    I have used several different solutions over the years. The Cisco Umbrella solution is by far a way better solution than anything I have used. IT is easy to easy with basic implementations vs. others. Cisco Umbrella is more accurate than other solutions (though not as deeper …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Umbrella
    Cisco has more options in configuring monitoring/blocking.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Umbrella
    Barracuda has some additional feature sets in its physical Web Security Gateway hardware, however Umbrella has been more reliable for what we are doing in our environment.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Umbrella
    We used a product before this called iPrism by EdgeWave and also briefly tried Barracuda Web Security in the cloud. We were having such a large influx of service desk calls about proxy-based layer 7 web filters that we wanted to step back and pick something more at the DNS …
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Umbrella
    For our use there was no real option or reason for us not to go with Cisco Umbrella. Our other security products were from Cisco, so it just made sense. We did look at the other products to make sure there was not any features missing that we required and there were not.
    Incentivized
    Chose Cisco Umbrella
    OpenDNS Umbrella Web Filtering has a wide variety of default sites that are blocked. These sites didn't even appear in a list of sites in our other products. OpenDNS Umbrella Web Filtering compliments our network as a whole where the other products have gaps.
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    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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    User Ratings
    Barracuda Web Security GatewayCisco Umbrella
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.4
    (99 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    8.7
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    6.9
    (63 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.5
    (11 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)