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PROS

Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service's real-time attack detection improves customers' threat response strategies significantly.
Its bot protection feature is valuable for companies.
Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service ensures fast deployment and simplifies onboarding.
It identifies known attacks, including DDOS, providing essential protection against evolving threats.
The service has reduced cyber threats like ransomware and phishing by ninety-five percent in organizations.

CONS

Pricing and SIEM integration create challenges, sometimes requiring professional help.
The licensing and cost structure need clear planning and may be considered steep.
Stability is an area where improvements are necessary.
There is a security concern with exposed usernames and hashed passwords in the URL.
There is a need for market positioning and pricing strategy improvement.
 

Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service Pros review quotes

Samir Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Practitioner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 29, 2026
Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service has impacted my organization positively with fast deployment and simple onboarding.
karan rathod - PeerSpot reviewer
network security engineer at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees
Jun 4, 2026
Overall, Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service has been a solid experience, as the platform has done a good job of protecting our application while remaining easy to manage.
Phakedi Mphela - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at Brilliant telecommunications
Mar 16, 2026
Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service's real-time attack detection feature has improved our customers' threat response strategies significantly.
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KS
Assistant Manager at Shamal Holding
Dec 20, 2023
The product's bot protection feature is valuable for our company.
Hadar Eshel - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder and CEO at Cloudway
Feb 23, 2024
It provides an ease of policy management.
reviewer1080873 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 2, 2022
The solution can be used for threat prevention or as a cloud-to-cloud backup system
reviewer1048086 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Information Technology at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Aug 16, 2021
The most valuable features of the solution are it is plug and play, has automated policies, a simple configuration, and is easy to create rules.
reviewer1525836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 8, 2021
I like its ability to identify known attacks, including DDOS attacks. It's valuable because software must be able to stop known attacks. Application attacks are evolving all the time. When it comes to software-as-a-service, we need to have software that knows about all the latest attacks. It should also protect against major unknown attacks.
 

Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service Cons review quotes

Samir Paul - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Practitioner at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 29, 2026
The licensing and cost structure perspective may need clear planning.
karan rathod - PeerSpot reviewer
network security engineer at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees
Jun 4, 2026
Some complex issues take longer to resolve, but overall, we have been satisfied with the support.
Phakedi Mphela - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at Brilliant telecommunications
Mar 16, 2026
The price of their licensing model is a bit steep, and the pricing and SIEM integration sometimes create challenges, and we need to get professional help with those areas.
Learn what your peers think about Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: June 2026.
899,324 professionals have used our research since 2012.
KS
Assistant Manager at Shamal Holding
Dec 20, 2023
The stability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required.
Hadar Eshel - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder and CEO at Cloudway
Feb 23, 2024
One significant area for improvement in Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service lies in its market positioning and pricing strategy.
reviewer1080873 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 2, 2022
It's a very specific solution that is only requested for a customer's web code or their global IT policy.
reviewer1048086 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Information Technology at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Aug 16, 2021
The solution can improve by bundling Security Operation Center (SOC) with the WAF-as-a-Service, it would provide a lot more value to customers.
reviewer1525836 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 8, 2021
We found it a bit slow when accessing it through the web browser. The URL also exposed the user name and the hashed password. When I log into my Barracuda WAF user portal, I could see the username and the hashed password on the URL itself. So, it is not very secure, and it is important to take that off.