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Product	Barracuda CloudGen Firewall by Barracuda Networks View product	Sophos Firewall by Sophos View product
Overview
What it is	Barracuda CloudGen Firewall from Barracuda Networks focuses on firewall / NGFW. Key capabilities: multi-cloud SD-WAN. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.	What does Sophos Firewall do? It covers SD-WAN and TLS 1.3 decryption. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.
Product type	Multi-Cloud SD-WAN & Next-Gen Network Firewall	Next-Generation Firewall Appliance
Best for	Enterprise, Retail, Branch Networks	Cross-industry, Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud	Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud
Data residency	On-premises; Cloud VPCs	Global; US; EU; APAC
Key features
What it offers	Multi-cloud SD-WAN Next-gen firewalling Application control Intrusion prevention Zero-touch provisioning Firewall / NGFW IPS Network Security	Xstream architecture Deep packet inspection TLS 1.3 decryption Zero-day threat protection SD-WAN Firewall / NGFW Network Security
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCP	Network perimeterBranch officesMulti-cloud
Compliance	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS	Common CriteriaICSA LabsPCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzureGCP	Sophos CentralIntercept XActive Directory
Industries	EnterpriseRetailBranch Networks	Cross-industryEnterpriseRetailBranch Offices
Regions	GlobalUSEUUK	Global
Vendor
Company	Barracuda Networks	Sophos
Headquarters	Campbell, California, USA	Oxford, United Kingdom
Company size	1,001-5,000	6,000+
Founded	2003	1985

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

by Barracuda Networks

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Sophos Firewall

by Sophos

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Overview

What it is

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall from Barracuda Networks focuses on firewall / NGFW. Key capabilities: multi-cloud SD-WAN. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.

Sophos Firewall

What does Sophos Firewall do? It covers SD-WAN and TLS 1.3 decryption. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

Product type

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Multi-Cloud SD-WAN & Next-Gen Network Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Next-Generation Firewall Appliance

Best for

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Enterprise, Retail, Branch Networks

Sophos Firewall

Cross-industry, Enterprise, Retail, Branch Offices

Pricing

Pricing model

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Contact Vendor

Sophos Firewall

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Deployment

Deployment options

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Sophos Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud

Sophos Firewall

Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud

Data residency

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

On-premises; Cloud VPCs

Sophos Firewall

Global; US; EU; APAC

Key features

What it offers

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Multi-cloud SD-WAN
Next-gen firewalling
Application control
Intrusion prevention
Zero-touch provisioning
Firewall / NGFW
IPS
Network Security

Sophos Firewall

Xstream architecture
Deep packet inspection
TLS 1.3 decryption
Zero-day threat protection
SD-WAN
Firewall / NGFW
Network Security

Platform & access

API access

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Single sign-on (SSO)

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Role-based access (RBAC)

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Multi-tenant

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Mobile app

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Sophos Firewall

Supported platforms

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCP

Sophos Firewall

Network perimeterBranch officesMulti-cloud

Compliance

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS

Sophos Firewall

Common CriteriaICSA LabsPCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzureGCP

Sophos Firewall

Sophos CentralIntercept XActive Directory

Industries

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

EnterpriseRetailBranch Networks

Sophos Firewall

Cross-industryEnterpriseRetailBranch Offices

Regions

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

GlobalUSEUUK

Sophos Firewall

Global

Vendor

Company

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Barracuda Networks

Sophos Firewall

Sophos

Headquarters

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Campbell, California, USA

Sophos Firewall

Oxford, United Kingdom

Company size

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

1,001-5,000

Sophos Firewall

6,000+

Founded

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

2003

Sophos Firewall

1985