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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Barracuda Web Application Firewall

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ABarracuda Web Application Firewall, from Barracuda Networks in Campbell, California, protects web applications from bots, DDoS attacks, and other advanced threats to enterprise apps.N/A

    Sophos Firewall

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASophos XG Firewall provides comprehensive next-generation firewall protection powered by deep learning and Synchronized Security. Sophos Firewall supplies insights and exposes hidden user, application, and threat risks on the network, and say the product is differentiated by its ability to respond automatically to security incidents by isolating compromised systems, with Security Heartbeat™.N/A
    Pricing
    Barracuda Web Application FirewallSophos Firewall
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Barracuda Web Application FirewallSophos Firewall
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Considered Both Products
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Sophos
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    Barracuda Web Application FirewallSophos Firewall
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Sophos Firewall
    Feature
    Barracuda Web Application Firewall
    -
    Ratings
    Sophos Firewall
    9.2
    15 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings9.515 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings9.315 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings9.313 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings9.215 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings9.315 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings9.115 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.515 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings8.712 Ratings
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Barracuda Web Application FirewallSophos Firewall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Barracuda Web Application FirewallSophos Firewall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    Easy to use and reliable, with very little maintenance required and zero downtime to date. For the education sector, ease of use is hugely important as IT Managers/Technicians are often "Jack of all trades" with a good, broad general knowledge but perhaps lacking specific expertise in certain aspects. Being provided with easy-to-follow tutorials and instructions has been very useful in setting up and configuring the firewall, especially as my background is more in desktop support.
    Incentivized
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    Sophos
    It is well-suited for small, medium, and large organizations looking for comprehensive cybersecurity protection. It will not only safeguard their network from cyberattacks but also provide them with many advanced features like deep packet inspection, centralized management, web filtering, application control, etc. in one place. It will help them optimize bandwidth and ensure continued connectivity.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • Attack patterns are regularly updates through contents via Barracuda Web Application Firewall update servers
    • Bot Protection has a good line feature to verify between the genuine clients like browsers and bots
    • Dos Protection also good level of protection to mitigate Layer 7 attacks
    • Allow Deny Rules provides a lot of granular controls to allow and deny the traffic
    • URL profiles has a very granular control to mitigate false positives
    • Parameter profiles has a very granular control to mitigate false positives
    • Risk score feature for the clients to mitigate attacks is also very good feature
    • Client fingerprint module can be used against malicious user to enhance security
    • Separate XML and JSOn profile for all the URL profiles of the application is plus
    • API security is very much effective and shadow API can also be identified
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    Sophos
    • Web filtering. This allows us to monitor web usage and block certain categories from being access at the perimeter.
    • Application Control. With application control we can block certain applications that get categorized from working accessing the Internet.
    • Synchronized Security. When utilizing the Sophos Endpoint product you can use Synchronized Security to minimize Lateral Movement in a network. If a machine is shows a Red status you can auto-isolate it and it is unable to communicate with anything else on the network.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • STM crashes sometimes happen due to unusual traffic pattern
    • Obfuscation on the client side user credentials which appears in the developer tools of browser
    • URL Profiles redundancy during the learning of traffic needs to be fixed
    • Dos Protection should be more granular like escalation period to throw JS challenge, Captcha and rate limit when escalation period hits until the WAF stops the attack
    • Client Fingerprinting should work as expected when verifying the clients as in rare some scenarios, it creates issues
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    Sophos
    • If using Endpoint security and the Firewall it would be nice to have an easier back and forth between the portals rather than have two separate tabs open. Especially if using more than one in multiple locations.
    • If dealing with different revisions options are moved around and sometimes in places that doesn't normally seem like they should be there.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    -User friendly interface for quick learning -Quick deployment for deploying applications -Easy to manage for naive -System components and upgradation of the WAF is very easy go with -Back restoration is very to make it up and ready anytime -Seperate JSON and XmL profiles for each URLs of the application is plus -Amazing and world class support engineer in comparison other vendors and always available to support -Quick resolution on bugs with their patch applying process
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    Sophos
    Because this is a user-friendly interface, and anyone can use it there are multiple articles and guidelines available, it has advanced-level security features. they provide VPN solutions all the features are very practical, SSID MAC-based authentications web control, Firewall rules segregation of the rules and policies, On-premises Active directory single sign-on feature is also available.
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    Support Rating
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    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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    Sophos
    As we are all addicted to graphics-oriented interfaces for all our life products. Easy to manage and access as a good way of using anything
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    Alternatives Considered
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    We have been using their Backup products especially Backup Appliances and legacy products like Intronis. We are also using their Cloud Backup Solutions for O365. This is the reason we opted for this product.
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    Sophos
    I was a big fan of Cisco ASA products, but when I saw all of the security feature differences between both firewalls, I moved to Sophos devices. Its sandbox, IPS, and many more features are really advanced. Cisco does not provide features like this.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Barracuda Networks Inc.
    • 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)
    Incentivized
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    Sophos
    • True UTM device.
    • Very Active customer help for any help.
    • Easy license and cost effective.
    • Should [do] more work on logging and reporting.
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    Sophos Firewall Screenshots

    Screenshot of Sophos Firewall v17.5 Control Center