Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection comparison

Barracuda Networks and SonicWall are both solutions in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category. Barracuda Networks is ranked #24 with an average rating of 8.3, while SonicWall is ranked #23 with an average rating of 9.0. Barracuda Networks holds a 1.6% mindshare in ATP, compared to SonicWall’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Barracuda Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SonicWall users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 1, 2024

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection compete in network security, each catering to organizations requiring robust threat prevention solutions. Barracuda is more notable for its pricing and return on investment, while SonicWall excels in advanced threat protection.

Features: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall features centralized management, advanced threat detection, and flexible remote access. SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection offers multi-engine sandboxing, real-time threat intelligence, and effective prevention of unknown threats.

Room for Improvement: Barracuda could improve by enhancing its real-time threat intelligence, refining its user interface, and expanding its integration capabilities. SonicWall could benefit from offering a more cost-effective pricing model, streamlining its deployment processes, and improving scalability options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall stands out for its simple deployment and comprehensive support resources. SonicWall is noted for a relatively easy deployment process and hands-on customer service with personalized support.

Pricing and ROI: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is seen as a cost-effective option providing a substantial return on investment with its economical pricing model. In contrast, SonicWall is positioned at a premium price point but is considered worthwhile for businesses that prioritize high-end security features.

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Categories and Ranking

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

24th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Firewalls (34th), Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) Solutions (14th), IoT Security (7th), WAN Edge (13th)

SonicWall Capture Advanced ...

Ranking in Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

23rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) category, the mindshare of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is 1.6%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is 1.6%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection	1.6%
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall	1.6%
Other	96.8%

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

Featured Reviews

Muhammad Talha Bashir

Offensive Security Analyst at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees

Centralized security management has protected our hybrid network and supports secure remote work

Overall, Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is very effective, but there is always room for improvement. One area that could be enhanced is the user interface, making it slightly more intuitive for new users. Additionally, advanced reporting and analytics could be more customized to provide deeper insights. Despite this, the firewall performs reliably and meets most of our organizational needs. One additional improvement that could enhance the experience is faster troubleshooting support or more detailed guided documentation for complex configurations. While the firewall is reliable, having more step-by-step tutorials or video guidance could help new users set up and optimize. Overall, the enhancement would make the platform even more user-friendly without affecting its current strong performance.

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Mohamed Fouad

Cybersecurity Team Leader at EMAK For Integrated Solutions

Advanced sandboxing has protected our environment and stops unknown threats in real time

The most capable feature of SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is the accurate verdict of the file, and I have used many other types of sandboxing, but using SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection is truly helpful for our organization. In my experience, the best features SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection offers include accuracy for the submitted files, and one of the most valued features is its usability, as it is so usable and helpful to integrate with other solutions, making it a fantastic product overall. It is easy to set up and connect SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection with other solutions, as it can be integrated with many products, supporting real-time memory inspection, rapid signature deployment, broad file type support, and block until verdict capability, along with flexible configuration, while providing comprehensive reporting. SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection supports sandbox evasion techniques, which is important since sophisticated malware increases the evasion capability to detect and deceive sandboxing environments. SonicWall employs deception techniques simulating user interaction or fake high volume targets to determine when custom malware can still potentially bypass detection through environment-aware code. SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection positively impacts our organization by helping us stop advanced persistent threats, as we have defined our targeted adversaries and increased security for our organization.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The antivirus protection or malware protection has been great."

"Most people are using enterprise applications remotely, and there is no license for SSL VPN, or in other words point-to-site. There is no limit on that. On other devices there is a specific limit and you have to pay per use for SSL VPN."

"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."

"The solution is stable."

"The interface is very user-friendly and it is quite easy to use."

"I think Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is one of the most advanced firewall platforms. I also like that it's easy to get top-level support right away. You get that security, and if you make a mistake, it doesn't break."

"Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere."

"I rate the customer service as ten out of ten."

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"Provides good protection and security."

"We get alert messages whenever there is a new threat. We are notified at the firewall level that things are blocked, which keeps us in our comfort zone."

"They have a large database of commonly known things that they can catch automatically, then they have anything which is questionable go to the sandbox and be examined there before going into our network."

"The stability of the solution is good. We haven't had any breaches or crashes. It's been very stable for us."

"The ATP (Advanced Threat Protection) on scanning is the most valuable feature."

"We use it for protection against viruses and ransomware attacks."

"The reporting that you get from it is the most valuable feature. You can see it via the appliance itself, and also via the MySonicWall account for the registered device. You are able to select the file if it's malicious, and you can select it in the reporting and see what triggered it, and things like that. I found that to be quite useful."

"I like this setup for a firewall. You can set things up very easily and you can automate items as well. It's a very robust firewall solution for enterprise as well as small businesses."

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Cons

"There could be improvements in licensing."

"I would like to see the connection improved."

"The price is a bit higher than other vendors."

"It's a little bit complex in terms of handling. If you implement a change, there is a specific point where you have to commit it. It's not like you just push a button and it's always committed. If you don't know to check whether your commit command has been executed or not... that is something Barracuda needs to work on."

"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."

"The technical manuals, at times, have images that don't match the actual screens and are not always as clear as they could be on the configuration."

"If you have another brand of VPN where you have to put an SSL VPN between two devices, Barracuda doesn't support that at a certain point. You can't actually build the VPN between Barracuda and a different device of a different brand."

"The biggest issue that I have with this solution is that it is not super intuitive. Once you know what to do, things make sense, but you can't just open the program and start doing things. It would be great if there was a little bit more guided usage inside the program."

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"SonicWall should promote their roadmap and improve their marketing to customers."

"SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection needs to reconsider the pricing, especially in the cloud environment."

"Could provide online training to allow customers to learn more about the product."

"It does fare well against enterprise products."

"If anything at all, it would be some very minor updates that need to be done, but in terms of changes, nothing comes to mind."

"I would like to have better documentation before starting with deployment because the deployment is a bit complex."

"The setup needs improvement. It needs to be made more user-friendly."

"I would say the solution needs a much simpler user interface, but the functionality of the firewall is quite extensive. You need the user interface to be that way. However, if there was a way to make the user interface a little easier, that would be great."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We evaluated a lot of different options. We concluded that Barracuda NG Firewall provided the most features for an exemplary price. "

"When the corporation purchases something, it follows a request-for-proposal process and the best price wins. So, I think Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is reasonably priced, though I’m not sure of the exact amount"

"Its licensing is on a yearly basis. There is an upfront purchase price, and there is also an annual maintenance fee. There are no additional fees."

"Pricing is good. Licensing is pretty much automatic if using Control Center."

"The solution's price is reasonable."

"Purchasing through AWS Marketplace was good. We did it because it was easy."

"The product is a bit cheaper than some solutions."

"My advice is to try and evaluate it (Barracuda offers a trial period of one month)."

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"The best deal from SonicWall is to buy the HA pair. When you buy the initial one, you receive the second one at a significant discount. If there is an event and something happens to one firewall, then you have the second firewall to roll into. For the price, it's pretty to tough to beat and not a lot of other firewall vendors offer it. You battle for a discount on both. Where with SonicWall, if you buy one, the second one is at half price. It's pretty straightforward."

"It's thirty dollars per user and we have 30 users."

"When you compare it with other solutions, they are cheaper and more economical."

"We get our value for our money."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

10%

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Manufacturing Company

Government

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Company Size

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	30
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	6

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3

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Also Known As

Barracuda NextGen Firewall, Barracuda CloudGen Firewalls

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Overview

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.

Barracuda Networks

SonicWall Capture, a cloud based service available with SonicWall firewalls, revolutionizes advanced threat detection and sandboxing with a multi-engine approach to stopping unknown and zero-day attacks at the gateway, and with automated remediation. Customers benefit from high security effectiveness, fast response times and reduced total cost of ownership.

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Sample Customers

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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