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AWS WAF vs Barracuda Web Application Firewall

AWS WAF
16 Ratings
Barracuda Web Application Firewall
12 Ratings

AWS WAF

16 Ratings
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Score 8.6 out of 100

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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

12 Ratings
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Score 8.7 out of 100

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Likelihood to Recommend

AWS WAF

AWS WAF is highly appropriate to interrupt or prevent cyber attacks because when implementing rules, whether they are specific or centralized, so any application that has these vulnerabilities is protected.
Implementing managed rules creates greater security to protect both API and applications.If implemented along with other AWS tools, the security is much better, so if you want to protect applications against more specific attacks, it is ideal to integrate with Amazon CloudFront, which is a great benefit because it warns when thresholds are exceeded or specific attacks occur.AWS WAF is ideal to avoid common web attacks. For more specific attacks and scenarios, I don't recommend this.

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Hanna Bedoya | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

It could really help a smaller business keep users off websites you don't want them on.

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Tony Ortiz | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pros

AWS WAF

  • AWS WAF has the most developer-friendly API to create firewall rules.
  • AWS WAF provides OWASP security controls, which reduces developers' burden (i.e., SQL injection and cross-site scripting).
  • AWS WAF has customizable web security rules. The user can even push the rules through the API available, which is the great feature and helped me a lot.
  • It protects applications at layer 7 (HTTP) of the OSI model and not just layer 4 (TCP).

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Saim Jamali | TrustRadius Reviewer
Saim Jamali
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

  • SD-WAN
  • Traffic conditioning
  • Reasonable cost

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Cons

AWS WAF

  • The documentation offered is somewhat confusing, so it would be ideal if it were much more direct and precise.
  • Your initial configuration may be confusing, so the best option is to use the rule templates provided by AWS.
  • Its configuration is not unified with AWS, so it must be done separately and it takes some time.
  • The number of rules to be established is somewhat limited.

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maría jose gonzalez ortiz | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

  • Reports could be somewhat confusing.
  • The initial setup was a little difficult for our Security Admin team.

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Tony Ortiz | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Usability

AWS WAF

AWS WAF 9.0
Based on 1 answer
The product is highly scalable. It is easy to configure the rules and thereby helps us to mitigate many vulnerabilities.The interface and programming of the firewall provisions were easy to setup. Amazon clearly spent a lot of time figuring this out and perfecting it. It allows users to do customized configurations based on their needs. It provides protection against a number of security issues like XSS, SQL injection, etc. I would definitely recommend this for protecting your infra as you scale, since this basically protects and filters all requests hitting your application server.

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Saim Jamali | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

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Support Rating

AWS WAF

AWS WAF 9.3
Based on 4 answers
If you're intending to use AWS WAF, I would say that you absolutely should sign up for support. AWS Support is excellent and they can help you in a really good way to solve your issues.

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Oscar Martinez | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Web Application Firewall 8.0
Based on 1 answer
The Barracuda Web Application Firewall is easy to use. Support from Barracuda is great also. Load Balancing of the Web Application Firewall is also nice. This allows you to do maintenance or have large loads for the end-user. Threat monitoring of our network and traffic coming into our services within our cloud solution.

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Alternatives Considered

AWS WAF

Amazon's support was better for us in the end. Implementation was also easier as we're using other Amazon services currently.

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Tony Ortiz | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

We have used SonicWalls and WatchGuard firewall appliances neither are even remotely close to the Barracuda Web Application Firewall. In addition, Barracuda support is fantastic. Throw in the 4 year (free) refresh cycle and there is no reason we would even consider the other two again (at least for the foreseeable future).

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Return on Investment

AWS WAF

  • The overall security of the web application increased effectively after deploying AWS WAF
  • No negative impacts were seen in the business
  • The developers were more confident in the overall security model of the web application being developed and it was easy to integrate WAF into the existing system as the application was also using AWS platform

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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

  • Much better response times for remote transactions
  • 4 year refresh cycle included with active support contracts
  • More expensive than traditional firewalls (however its superior to those, not apples to apples)

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AWS WAF

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Pricing Details

AWS WAF

General

Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
No

AWS WAF Editions & Modules

Edition
Resource Type - Web ACL$5.001
Resource Type - Rule$1.001
Resource Type - Request$0.602
  1. per month (prorated hourly)
  2. per 1 million requests
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level set up fee?
Optional

Barracuda Web Application Firewall Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details
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