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Attribute Ratings
- Smoothwall SWG is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
Barracuda Content Shield
80%
1 Rating
9.0
Smoothwall SWG
90%
1 Rating
Usability
7.0
Barracuda Content Shield
70%
1 Rating
Smoothwall SWG
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating
8.0
Barracuda Content Shield
80%
2 Ratings
Smoothwall SWG
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Barracuda Content Shield
We are a healthcare organization so it is very important that we are HIPPA compliant with our data via email/web based. For non-medical related issues sometimes we get items we do need blocked by the program.

Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesSmoothwall SWG
Smoothwall SWG is very suitable in companies where there is a lot of staff and power to distribute the bandwidth by areas and give priority to the staff that requires better service. It's also well suited for business that require protection of their data and services as it is constantly monitoring the network and does not let them enter dangerous sites.
jefe del departamento de informatica
ministerio de educacionComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
Pros
Barracuda Content Shield
- Easy to use
- Layout of program looks like an email so its easy to read and identify
- Helped many suspicious senders from getting into our system

Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesSmoothwall SWG
- Real-time IP filtering is very favorable. That helps limit and restrict prohibited content.
- Elaboration of personalized reports of the activities or pages that users visit to make new blocking rules to the pages most visited by users that may damage the functioning of the servers.
jefe del departamento de informatica
ministerio de educacionComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
Cons
Barracuda Content Shield
- The layout is simple but its all one color and there are a lot of tabs that I don't know what they are used for
- I cant figure out why the Barracuda emails go straight to my junk box, I don't always check it so some emails have gotten lost

Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesSmoothwall SWG
- It is necessary for them to have more material or a community that can help expand knowledge about this software so users can use 100% of their tools.
jefe del departamento de informatica
ministerio de educacionComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
Barracuda Content Shield
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Smoothwall SWG
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Usability
Barracuda Content Shield
Barracuda Content Shield 7.0
Based on 1 answer
I think the program is easy to use, I think there are more functions it can have or better ability to customize the layout so it doesn't look so plain

Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesSmoothwall SWG
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Barracuda Content Shield
Barracuda Content Shield 8.0
Based on 2 answers
I have only had to call twice for access issues but it has been overall a normal experience.

Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesSmoothwall SWG
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Barracuda Content Shield
We chose this package because of our industry, there is a lot of web based information that can get lost or stolen. We want to be compliant and not lose any sensitive information.

Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesSmoothwall SWG
Smoothwall SWG has many tools similar to pfSense but in my opinion I like the graphical environment of smoothwall swg more. It is more didactic and simple to use for new users. Also pfSense lacks the tools for monitoring in real time and the elaboration of reports that helps to perform statistics on sites visited.
jefe del departamento de informatica
ministerio de educacionComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Barracuda Content Shield
- Keeping our data more secure
- Controlling information in and out of the servers

Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employeesSmoothwall SWG
- This software helps a lot and is very economical, since it is free and it can be installed in equipment with low performance. That is of importance to companies with little budget or who are just starting out in the market.
jefe del departamento de informatica
ministerio de educacionComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees