We performed a comparison between Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform 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."The most valuable feature of Silver Peak VX is the overall performance."
"The most valuable feature is the support for asymmetric lines."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The tool's most valuable feature is bandwidth optimization."
"At the moment, for us, it is a very good solution because it has all the features we need and it is not so expensive."
"The solution includes features for SD-WAN and WAN such as batch conditioning and optimization."
"The most valuable features of Silver Peak VX are we can register our customers and they can receive free training and all the solutions features."
"I really love the auto-tunnel creation feature."
"If you have multiple offices, all inter-connected via the internet, you want a single management console through which you can manage all you firewalls. In that case Barracuda could be a good option."
"When you are sending information to an external email address, Barracuda can warn you when you are trying to access a private or personal email, or trying to upload information and not allow you to do that."
"Single sign-on is also good. If you are accessing your corporate firewall from your home, during that time there is integration with AD. You can use your AD password to access your SSL VPN. It's not like if you buy an additional SSL VPN... You can directly integrate with your AD. If you change your password on the AD side, your client-to-VPN password also gets changed. You can integrate all your passwords from a single console. It's not like admin has to change your password, it's a single sign-on."
"One of the most important parts is, there is auto-upgrade of the hardware every fourth year."
"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."
"Its central management, especially when it comes to distributed environments, is great. I can generate and save a setting and then apply that setting across the network with just one click."
"We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic."
"The encryption and the security standards are valuable."
"The security can be improved, with the firewall for example, because they supply a basic one but not a UTM."
"The support from Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect has declined since Aruba acquired them. The knowledge and speed of the agents could improve."
"There are some functional limitations that could improve."
"Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform’s stability and technical features need improvement."
"More technical sessions should be offered for deploying the solution."
"The license features should improve in the solution. For example, when you purchase VMware, it starts at a low level that has some functionality. When you want to expand, the difference in the price is substantial. I purchased the lower functional version for $4,000, and now if I want to upgrade, they ask me for $80,000. This is a $76,000 difference, there's no logic, but this is VMware."
"This solution is suitable for small to medium-sized companies. If we have large-sized companies it is better to use Cisco or Palo Alto."
"Their WAN optimization in terms of wireless connectivity doesn't have a very good cellular capability."
"We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now."
"I would like to see a more user-friendly dashboard and an easier interface."
"The interface should be more user-friendly and it should be easier to configure."
"Its interface could be better."
"Technical support used to be at a very high level but it is now a bit less so."
"While using Barracuda CloudGen Firewall, we encounter issues with VPN profiles for Windows."
"When you do any commit, it locks your next access. If you are making a change to the device, from the security standpoint it's fine, but from the admin side it's not good. When you make changes, after each and every one it becomes locked."
"When you login from some sources, there is no feature in this box which can log you out after a certain timeout."
More Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform Pricing and Cost Advice →
Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is ranked 6th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 19 reviews while Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is ranked 10th in Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions with 35 reviews. Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is rated 8.6, while Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform writes "Flexible, efficient, and responsive support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall writes "Feature-rich, robust, and easy to set up". Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, Fortinet FortiGate, VMware SD-WAN, Prisma SD-WAN and Cato SASE Cloud Platform, whereas Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Azure Firewall. See our Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform vs. Barracuda CloudGen Firewall report.
See our list of best Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions vendors and best WAN Edge vendors.
We monitor all Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.
