We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Application Firewall and Kemp LoadMaster based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), F5, Microsoft and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."The solution ensures layer seven is secure from attacks."
"You don't need help from Barracuda to help with the deployment. The deployment is easy."
"Setup of this solution is straightforward. It's a stable and scalable solution, with good performance and fast technical support."
"I find the solution very stable."
"What I like most about Barracuda Web Application Firewall is its availability. I also like that it's an easy-to-use solution."
"We run it with no downtime, because it has good support."
"Has a good dashboard."
"Parameter Protection is a valuable feature."
"It is an easy-to-use, user-friendly interface, and you can set up a new VIP in a couple of minutes."
"The old process of manually having to redirect Outlook Web Access traffic and Email traffic to a second server is a thing of the past."
"The most beneficial function of using the ADC is to ensure this resiliency."
"LoadMaster is easy to deploy and understand."
"The Global WAF has saved us more than one time from unwanted traffic."
"It helps with efficiency and reactivity, in case of assistance needs."
"The most valuable feature that I found is the load balancing feature, it is the core function of the product."
"With Kemp 360 Central, our customers get a nice overview of their Kemp products and an easy way to upgrade firmware on all devices from a single interface."
"The GUI needs to be improved because it sometimes hangs and needs to be restarted."
"Barracuda Web Application Firewall's load balancing feature could be improved."
"As most people are aware, the implementation is not easy."
"I have issues with the load balancing of the solution which is slow. The connection pooling in Barracuda also doesn't work. There is an issue when someone needs access to a site quickly. The issue is with HTTPS services. I am not sure if they have changed all these in the solution’s latest version."
"I would like to see a native multi-cloud cover."
"There are some vulnerabilities that are reported across the tools offered by Barracuda for some devices, which need to be taken care of from an improvement perspective."
"Barracuda Web Application Firewall’s scalability needs improvement."
"The policy updates could be improved."
"The GUI is rather technical and complex, so it could be improved by making it simpler and more user-friendly."
"In the next release, they can introduce 360 views in the same dashboard to make it easier for users to view. The graphical information should be displayed on the dashboard."
"The only thing that I miss is that the TMG server was giving me live information about who is connected and what is the request about."
"If you want logging for SMTP traffic, you have to enable ESP, which requires you to define allowed IP addresses. That’s irritating, to say the least."
"The cost of the GEO upgrade is not cost-prohibitive but it's something that would be a nice add-in, out of the box."
"If there is anything that needs to be updated, the GUI can get a refresh to make it look more like 2020, although it is just a cosmetic change."
"UI is very basic and unattractive."
"I definitely think that the WAF can be improved."
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Barracuda Web Application Firewall is ranked 14th in Web Application Firewall (WAF) with 38 reviews while Kemp LoadMaster is ranked 6th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 48 reviews. Barracuda Web Application Firewall is rated 8.2, while Kemp LoadMaster is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Barracuda Web Application Firewall writes "Provides strong issue discovery capabilities; enhance the security parameters of web applications and suitable for medium to large enterprises". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Kemp LoadMaster writes "Reliable, easy to set up, and can increase your security score". Barracuda Web Application Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiWeb, F5 Advanced WAF, Microsoft Azure Application Gateway, HAProxy and Radware Alteon, whereas Kemp LoadMaster is most compared with HAProxy, NGINX Plus, Fortinet FortiADC, Citrix NetScaler and Loadbalancer.org.
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