We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Application Firewall, Checkmarx One, and Citrix NetScaler based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, F5 and others in Web Application Firewall (WAF)."I find the solution very stable."
"If an attack is coming continuously, you can ask the device to block it temporarily for two to three minutes. F5 has not provided us with an option to block certain IPs for some time. Barracuda can help you block someone if the source is from a different IP. You can apply the rule to the device and block it for whatsoever time you want. The solution will unblock the IP after the prescribed time as well."
"Some of the most valuable features are the ease of deployment, the Barracuda support, the easy-to-use console, and the granularity of the reports."
"The installation is straightforward."
"The stability of the product is good. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product has fantastic support services."
"We run it with no downtime, because it has good support."
"Has a good dashboard."
"The main benefit to using this solution is that we find vulnerabilities in our software before the development cycle is complete."
"The solution has good performance, it is able to compute in 10 to 15 minutes."
"The product's most valuable feature is static code and supply chain effect analysis. It provides a lot of visibility."
"The reports are very good because they include details on the code level, and make suggestions about how to fix the problems."
"What I like best about Checkmarx is that it has fewer false positives than other products, giving you better results."
"Our static operation security has been able to identify more security issues since implementing this solution."
"The user interface is excellent. It's very user friendly."
"The most valuable feature is the application tracking reporting."
"It has helped us to increase the resiliency of the application and the performance."
"What I like most about Citrix NetScaler is its stability, and I didn't see a lot of issues with it."
"The web application firewall is one feature I found valuable in the solution."
"Citrix NetScaler offers robust security features, including SmartAccess and customizable policies, making it a reliable choice for safeguarding user data."
"Unified Gateway allows me to provide secure external access to applications for suppliers and customers while requiring Multi-Factor Authentication."
"One of its most valuable features is fundamental load balancing, supporting both basic load balancing and database teams."
"Citrix Netscaler makes it easy to provide services to end users, offering better visibility into user sessions compared to VMware. However, instability in network or machine can cause headaches as it's hard to pinpoint issues. SSL offload feature enhances security posture by providing secure connectivity between end users and backend systems. We use additional Azure remote security solutions for comprehensive protection."
"NetScaler Gateway: Why? Availability/Security: We delivered more than 200 applications thru Xenapp. This feature give us the possibility to deliver the applications anywhere. Currently, 30% of access is made through our NetScaler Gateway (Internet connections)."
"While the UI is good, it can get a little bit complicated."
"The usability of the interface could be improved."
"We encountered a few glitches while implementing API security features into the product."
"I have found F5 more stable than Barracuda Web Application Firewall. They should improve the stability."
"There are issues when upgrading firewalls and we experience different issues across customers."
"I would like to see a native multi-cloud cover."
"This product could easily progress to be among the industry leaders. I think they need to improve enterprise level automation. It integrates with a small number of vulnerability scanners, so report results should be imported manually; same for SIEM integration."
"The solution could use more reports."
"We can run only one project at a time."
"Implementing a blackout time for any user or teams: Needs improvement."
"The pricing can get a bit expensive, depending on the company's size."
"I would like the product to include more debugging and developed tools. It needs to also add enhancements on the coding side."
"Checkmarx being Windows only is a hindrance. Another problem is: why can't I choose PostgreSQL?"
"I really would like to integrate it as a service along with the SAP HANA Cloud Platform. It will then be easy to use it directly as a service."
"We would like to be able to run scans from our local system, rather than having to always connect to the product server, which is a longer process."
"Some of the descriptions were found to be missing or were not as elaborate as compared to other descriptions. Although, they could be found across various standard sources but it would save a lot of time for developers, if this was fixed."
"The only thing customers told me that could be improved is that they would like to be able to purchase and receive the products in one box, rather than two boxes. This is something related to marketing, though."
"Scripting and writing expressions need to be improved by putting logic behind the rules and improve policies involving some of the scripting part, which is a tedious task to do."
"This is an expensive solution."
"Citrix ADC is a complex product, and it takes time to understand these things. But the documentation is poor, and the deployment is difficult. Integration could also be better because what I find is that you cannot easily integrate the panel in the second sector. What I have found is that in the last index, there is a limitation when getting validated. Technical support could also be better."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the user interface because sometimes it can be complicated."
"Some of our customers have questioned the security of this solution lately, wondering whether it is safe or not, so enhancements in this respect would be good."
"I will try to migrate all the tools to the cloud because there is more lab and more VPN scalability available in the cloud. It is not available on-premises."
"Native integration needs to be improved. You cannot build ISE codes natively. For DevOps, integration would be very helpful because it would be a lot simpler from an operational standpoint."
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