We performed a comparison between Barracuda Web Security and Filtering and GoodAccess based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Secure Web Gateways (SWG) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The protection offered by the product is the most valuable feature. It detects vulnerabilities or traps on our users' phones and then prompts them to clean up their devices. Tools we used previously would only discover, which required us to gather information on the backend, so Lookout is a welcome upgrade."
"The most valuable features are the antivirus as a whole, the anti-malware, and all of the protection features that scan our enterprise devices."
"On the outside, the main differentiation is because Lookout ingest. They have ingested basically all of the apps for the last ten years and all the versions of all the apps, and we have that in a corporate database that allows us to do very large-scale machine learning and analysis on that data set. That's not something that any of the competitors really have the capability to do because they don't have access to the data set. A lot of the apps you can no longer get them because that version of the app is five or six years old, and it just doesn't exist anywhere anymore, except within our infrastructure. So, the ability to have that very rich dataset and learn from that dataset is a real differentiator."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are Barracuda's policies for filtering various websites according to the organization's policies and blocking traffic for any P2P application like torrents."
"I like that it does a lot of malicious content and is easy to manage. There are a lot of checkboxes, and you can add your own URLs or get it preconfigured."
"The support is fantastic."
"It is straightforward to deploy and manage."
"The solution is very simple to use and implement."
"The ease of use. It's pretty easy to use and navigate the UI... to either block or whitelist a web address."
"I have found the most valuable the ability to have insight into our web traffic and control its flow."
"GoodAccess was the only hosted VPN solution we found for a reasonable cost that allowed us to establish a site-to-site VPN network for hundreds of locations across the country."
"The solution has easy-to-use administration and offers an easy implementation."
"The solution's robustness has meant that our team, regardless of where they're located, feels as though they're working right from the office, having secure and quick access to all essential tools."
"No extra hardware is needed, and it is very easy to set up"
"Access control allows us to manage permissions efficiently, ensuring secure and tailored access."
"It has become an integral part of our remote work toolkit, as it enables us to overcome USA IP restrictions, ensuring our global teams can collaborate effectively."
"GoodAccess VPN has brought a transformative shift to our organization, notably enhancing collaboration and enabling seamless remote work."
"Their user interface is intuitive as it is easy to navigate."
"Lookout was moving into the SSE space. And so their work on SecureWeb Gateway and SD-WAN is still sort of evolving."
"We just submitted an enhancement request reflecting the main area we want to see improvement in; the APIs. Currently, we're able to build dashboards, but it's somewhat backward because we use our MDM API to create them. Lookout should provide API to customers so we can query our data and use it in our cloud, and this is the only outstanding area for improvement with the product right now."
"From the analysis that we've done, they do seem to be maybe a step behind in trying to enter the market with a new solution. But when they do pick up, they do come out with some good products."
"The stability depends on the service from where you access it. Because sometimes, the place you are in, you have Gateway. You don't have Gateway. The gateway is overutilized. At the end, you need to go through their gateways. And this is the key point here. You have a tracking point. If it's not well orchestrated, and it scales up as you add more to the existing team, you will suffer"
"It doesn't allow adding DNS filtering for off-site clients."
"The price could be better."
"This solution is substantially more expensive than the competitors out there, including Titan HQ or Limecast."
"Considering other tier-one applications, like Next-Generation Firewall, they also have web security in-built within their appliances or applications. Barracuda is still lagging behind in features like that, so they need to update if they want to be in the top spot."
"The solution’s customer support should be improved."
"Our problem is that it's a virtual appliance and we're moving to a new platform and, for whatever reason, we can't move it as it is... When we were migrating our virtual machines from the old to the new system, we determined rather quickly that it wouldn't migrate over."
"The AD agent is an issue which my customers and I have encountered. Sometimes it refuses to start and, only as time goes by, does it become apparent that things are not working the way they should."
"Considering other tier-one applications, like Next-Generation Firewall, they also have web security in-built within their appliances or applications. Barracuda is still lagging behind in features like that, so they need to update if they want to be in the top spot."
"It is worth mentioning that we do experience disconnects on rare occasions."
"There could be a better view of which type of communication is going through the system."
"The interface information could show more information about how threats have occurred. Right now, it only shows basic threat information."
"The latest upgrade to the Windows version of the app (unconfirmed on the Mac client) adds some unnecessary stylized animation to the GUI."
"The price tier is not suited for small teams."
"It would be useful to see the weekly usage information within the program itself and a dashboard for all usage data."
"Enhancing the user interface and experience could make it more intuitive for all users."
"Currently, the pricing structure is functional yet could benefit from more refined scalability calculations."
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Barracuda Web Security and Filtering is ranked 21st in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 10 reviews while GoodAccess is ranked 7th in Secure Web Gateways (SWG) with 19 reviews. Barracuda Web Security and Filtering is rated 7.6, while GoodAccess is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of Barracuda Web Security and Filtering writes "It comes with useful policy creation features but needs to improve its outdated tech and poor support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of GoodAccess writes "Robust, allows for remote work, and has comprehensive support". Barracuda Web Security and Filtering is most compared with Forcepoint Secure Web Gateway, SonicWall CFS and TitanHQ WebTitan, whereas GoodAccess is most compared with . See our Barracuda Web Security and Filtering vs. GoodAccess report.
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