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306 views|188 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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94% willing to recommend
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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Aruba Orchestrator and Barracuda CloudGen Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Aruba Orchestrator vs. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The product has reduced OpEx expenditure.""The Business Intent Overlay is a great feature.""The most valuable feature is optimization.""The most important feature is WAN optimization.""The technical support services are excellent.""Aruba Orchestrator has notably reduced enrollment setup times from several hours to within an hour if prepared and planned."

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"Live monitoring of what is happening inside and on the interfaces, either ingress or egress.""They have a very responsive customer service and support team.""It is a very stable solution.""The product is foolproof. It has done everything that we have needed with the amount of email that we receive, and it handles it quite well.""It provides a lot of functionality adhering to the current trends.""Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out.""Their GPS possibilities and the security that it has, especially the SD-WAN functionality, is very good.""We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."

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Cons
"The solution lacks sufficient security features.""They could provide essential training to understand the product functionality.""The management menu should be simplified.""The initial setup is complex, depending on the overall planning for the entire environment.""Aruba Orchestrator should implement dynamic certificate changes for security.""The solution can be improved by lowering the cost and making it more user-friendly for first-time users."

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"A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience.""They have a very complicated interface. It's very hard to learn.""Its interface could be better.""Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so.""To start working with spam, it takes a while because the product has to see that multiple emails are coming in with all the spam. If it could reduce that amount of time, then we would reduce the amount of users who are receiving spam.""The price could be better.""The analytics are weak.""Barracuda CloudGen Firewall should work a little bit more with the logs so that, in our company, we can generate a little bit more reports and get a bit more statistics, which would be fine for us."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I think it is quite expensive compared to other vendors in the market because it depends on what kind of features you really want to acquire in the product."
  • "The solution's licensing costs are yearly. It is not expensive, and I rate it around three to four out of ten."
  • "I rate the platform’s pricing a five out of ten."
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  • "It is a product with a very transparent model of licensing. In the sense of hidden expenses, they do not exist with this model. ​"
  • "​We evaluated a lot of different options. We concluded that Barracuda NG Firewall provided the most features for an exemplary price. ​"
  • "My advice is to try and evaluate it (Barracuda offers a trial period of one month)."
  • "Pricing is good. Licensing is pretty much automatic if using Control Center."
  • "Pricing and licensing are fine. It's worth the value because every four years, if I buy any other product, I have to replace my hardware. But with Barracuda I get a free hardware upgrade. Today I'm using Xbox. After four years I can take another Xbox or a Ybox."
  • "It would be nice if the pricing and licensing offered for less."
  • "Purchasing through AWS Marketplace was good. We did it because it was easy."
  • "In general, it tends to be cheaper than most solutions."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The technical support services are excellent.
    Top Answer:They could provide essential training to understand the product functionality. At present, we refer to available documentation and YouTube videos for the same. It is a time-consuming process.
    Top Answer:The encryption and the security standards are valuable.
    Top Answer:The product is a bit cheaper than some solutions. It depends on the type of load.
    Top Answer:We need high availability and load balancing. The product does not enable load balancing. We are looking for alternate solutions. We have multiple VPN channels with clients and sites. We need to… more »
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    306
    Comparisons
    188
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    5
    Average Words per Review
    416
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    8.4
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    1,510
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    1,113
    Reviews
    9
    Average Words per Review
    461
    Rating
    8.2
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    Also Known As
    Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator, Unity Orchestrator
    Barracuda NextGen Firewall, Barracuda CloudGen Firewalls
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    Overview

    Aruba Orchestrator has an intuitive interface that allows you to centrally define, assign, and enforce policies across the WAN. Network managers experience the highest quality of experience to:

    Centrally define, assign and enforce policies based on business intent to secure and control all application traffic across the WAN.

    Orchestrator dashboards provide real time visibility into SD-WAN health and performance in a single screen, monitoring traffic throughput along with loss, latency and jitter across overlays and underlays.

    Maintain the highest levels of application performance by automatically assigning application and security policies across 100s or 1000s of sites, including automated orchestration with cloud security services.

    Central orchestration of network functions including SD-WAN routing, firewall, segmentation, WAN optimization, application visibility and control, and automated orchestration with cloud security services.

    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is a comprehensive network security solution that provides advanced protection for organizations of all sizes. It offers next-generation firewall capabilities, including application control, intrusion prevention, and web filtering. 

    With its integrated VPN functionality, it ensures secure remote access for employees. CloudGen Firewall also includes advanced threat intelligence, leveraging real-time updates to detect and block emerging threats. Its centralized management console simplifies administration and provides visibility into network traffic. 

    CloudGen Firewall can easily adapt to changing business needs based on its scalable architecture. 

    Sample Customers
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    ARZ, Bauer, CBCX Technologies, Diamant-groep, Eissmann Group Automotive, European Youth Olympics, Exalo Drilling, FineLine Technologies, Geocell, Grimaldi, Infront Sports & Media, Odlo, Schenker Deutschland AG, Tilak, Verbandsgeneinde Zell, Conservas El Cidacos S.A., Institute for Emergency Medicine and Medicine Management, Erwin Muller GmbH, Info-Tech: NGF is Champion, Schoellerbank, IZB Informatik-Zentrum, RHI AG, Berglandmilch, Antenne Bayern, Sanochemia
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    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Retailer11%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Government7%
    Construction Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise43%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business70%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise50%
    Buyer's Guide
    Aruba Orchestrator vs. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Aruba Orchestrator vs. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    769,789 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Aruba Orchestrator is ranked 13th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 6 reviews while Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 12th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 35 reviews. Aruba Orchestrator is rated 8.4, while Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Orchestrator writes "Reduces OpEx expenditure but needs improvement in security ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". Aruba Orchestrator is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Juniper Session Smart Router and VMware SD-WAN, whereas Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Azure Firewall. See our Aruba Orchestrator vs. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall report.

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