Barracuda CloudGen Firewall comparisons

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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is compared head-to-head with Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall, FortiGate and Check Point Quantum Security Gateway and more: 7 head-to-heads in Network Firewall Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

9.0/10★★★★☆Editor score

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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall head-to-head

• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs FortiGate
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs Check Point Quantum Security Gateway
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs WatchGuard Firebox
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs Zscaler Cloud Firewall
• Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs Arista NG Firewall

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall vs each of them

#	Tool	Paid from	Deployment model	Intrusion prevention	SSL inspection	Site-to-site VPN	Score
5	Barracuda CloudGen Firewall		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.0
1	Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.4
2	FortiGate		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.3
3	Check Point Quantum Security Gateway		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.2
4	WatchGuard Firebox		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.1
6	Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall		Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.0
7	Zscaler Cloud Firewall		Cloud	Yes	Yes		9.0
8	Arista NG Firewall	$270/yr	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	Yes	9.0

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