Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs SonicWall WAF Series

Likelihood to Recommend

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

Database Administrator

Northside ISDEducation Management, 501-1000 employees

SonicWall Web Application Firewall is appropriate to stay on the edge of our network and inspect all data that comes and goes in order to preserve the health of the network. In these scenarios, we are protected from DoS and DDoS attacks, malware threats, ransomware attacks, data theft, and others. Sonicwall's web application and threat management is intelligent and interrogates the behavior, communication logic, and, in addition, any changes and anomalies in the protocol.

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Camila Yamamoto

IT Specialist

TIVITInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pros

SD-WAN
Traffic conditioning
Reasonable cost

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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Legal Services Company, 11-50 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

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

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Tony Ortiz

Database Administrator

Northside ISDEducation Management, 501-1000 employees

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Requires basic firewall knowledge and learning
A little complicated to configure at the beginning
Support is a little expensive.

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Camila Yamamoto

IT Specialist

TIVITInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Support Rating

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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Tony Ortiz

Database Administrator

Northside ISDEducation Management, 501-1000 employees

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SonicWall WAF Series 10.0

Based on 2 answers

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 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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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Legal Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Legal Services Company, 11-50 employees

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More accurate analysis with the best usage reports and graphs
Reduction of virtual attacks from blocks

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Camila Yamamoto

IT Specialist

TIVITInformation Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 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

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

Barracuda Web Application Firewall vs SonicWall WAF Series