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We performed a comparison between Barracuda Load Balancer ADC and Microsoft Azure Application Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Barracuda Load Balancer ADC vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The price is very good, and it's not very expensive.""Barracuda's technical support is good - whenever we have an issue, they immediately connect and resolve it."

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"Using policies to link and manage these URL-based routing configurations is also valuable.""The solution provides great automation and it is easy to upgrade service.""The most valuable feature is WAF.""We can control what rules should be used and what should be disabled.""Good customization; able to report and take action on alerts.""The most valuable feature of the solution is traffic management.""WAF feature replicates the firewall.""The solution has built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure."

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Cons
"Load Balancer ADC is competitively priced, but it's not feature-rich, and its technology is not that advanced.""The quality of the solution's performance could be improved."

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"For the first-time user, it is difficult to understand so the user-interface needs to be improved.""The monitoring on the solution could be better.""It takes a lot of time for a certificate to update in the system. That is a huge drawback, affecting the load-balancing side. And when there are changes to the load balancing, it affects the end-user.""Application Gateway’s limitation is that the private and the public endpoint cannot use the same port.""The product's performance should be better.""I want the solution's support to improve. The tool is also expensive.""The solution doesn’t support wildcard-based and regular expression-based rules.""It could be easier to change servicing."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Load Balancer ADC is cost-effective and is about half the price of F5."
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  • "It is not expensive."
  • "Every solution comes with a license and cost. Microsoft provides the license and the total cost is for the maintenance every year."
  • "Between v1 and v2, there is a lot of change in the pricing. It is very costly compared to AWS."
  • "There is some additional cost, such as extended support."
  • "The cost is not an issue."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced compared to other solutions."
  • "The pricing is based on how much you use the solution."
  • "The solution is paid monthly. The solution is highly expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The price is very good, and it's not very expensive.
    Top Answer:The price of the solution is reasonable. It costs approximately 200 million. So the price is very good, and it's not very expensive, because it's just basic WAF, but the Load Balancer is good.
    Top Answer:The quality of the solution's performance could be improved. For example, the solution's performance is high because of CPU usage when the application is in refresh mode for more than 30 seconds… more »
    Top Answer:We found Azure Front Door to be easily scaled and very stable. The implementation is very fast and Microsoft provides excellent support. Azure Front Door can quickly detect abnormalities before the… more »
    Top Answer:Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon’s Web Service Web Application Firewall or Microsoft Azure Application Gateway web application firewall software was the better fit for… more »
    Top Answer:I rate Microsoft Azure Application Gateway's scalability a ten out of ten. My company has more than 1000 users who use it daily.
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    Also Known As
    Barracuda Load Balancer
    Azure Application Gateway, MS Azure Application Gateway
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    Overview
    Barracuda Load Balancer is ideal for organizations looking for a high-performance, yet cost-effective application delivery and security solution. With the broadest range of hardware and virtual models, Barracuda Load Balancer provides maximum flexibility for organizations looking to build highly secure and scalable application infrastructure, whether it's deployed on-premises or in the cloud.

    Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications. Traditional load balancers operate at the transport layer (OSI layer 4 - TCP and UDP) and route traffic based on source IP address and port, to a destination IP address and port.

    To learn more about our solution, ask questions, and share feedback, join our Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity Community.

    Sample Customers
    Fenwal Blood Technologies
    Lilly, AccuWeather, AIRFRANCE, Honeywell
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Educational Organization9%
    Retailer8%
    Government7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company28%
    Comms Service Provider20%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise47%
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    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Barracuda Load Balancer ADC vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Barracuda Load Balancer ADC vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is ranked 14th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 3 reviews while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is ranked 4th in Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) with 38 reviews. Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is rated 7.4, while Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda Load Balancer ADC writes "Cost-effective but lacking features and integration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Application Gateway writes "High stability with built-in rules that reduce alerts and are easy to configure". Barracuda Load Balancer ADC is most compared with F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM), Fortinet FortiADC, Citrix NetScaler, Kemp LoadMaster and HAProxy, whereas Microsoft Azure Application Gateway is most compared with Azure Front Door, Citrix NetScaler, F5 Advanced WAF, AWS WAF and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. See our Barracuda Load Balancer ADC vs. Microsoft Azure Application Gateway report.

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