Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs SonicWall WAF Series

Likelihood to Recommend

Best Suited for Customer Environments with O365 Setup - Would recommend it for small, medium, or even large-sized organizations. Need to make some adjustments if you have an automated email setup for some apps.

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Partner in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

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I will recommend SonicWall depending of the size of the company and the knowledge of the personal is going to administer the firewall. I deploy those in small office settings where manageability was relative non existence.

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David Orellana

IT Network Specialist

Wood's HomesNon-profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

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Pros

Web application security.
Blocks emails that could be spam.
Blocks websites we don't people on here at the school district.

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Tony Ortiz

Database Administrator

Northside ISDEducation Management, 501-1000 employees

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Content updates are automatic content lists of applications, URLs, virtual threats.
Great visualization through graphics of traffic and threats.
One of the best web content filters on the market.

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Camila Yamamoto

IT Specialist

TIVITInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cons

Learning curve to implement
If using SD-WAN, multiple devices required

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Legal Services Company, 11-50 employees

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VPN implementation
Geo block rules

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David Orellana

IT Network Specialist

Wood's HomesNon-profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

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

Starting Price

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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

Starting Price

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Support Rating

Barracuda Web Application Firewall 8.0

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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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Tony Ortiz

Database Administrator

Northside ISDEducation Management, 501-1000 employees

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SonicWall WAF Series 10.0

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Technical support is a little expensive but it works. Any technical problem or not, SonicWall support helps in solving the problems. The SLA is fast and the service is also cordial, functional, and straight to the point. Support is essential to keep the tool always up-to-date with lists of malware, URLs, attacks, and others.

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Camila Yamamoto

IT Specialist

TIVITInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We have not recently looked at other products because we are happy with the ease of use and ability of the Barracuda Web Application Firewall.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Furniture Company, 51-200 employees

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Both products has their pro and cons. However in term of subscription and pricing for a small office, this offered better ROI as the office didn't want to spend too much and have something relative easy to manage.

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David Orellana

IT Network Specialist

Wood's HomesNon-profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

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