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Product	Barracuda Web Application Firewall by Barracuda Networks View product	pfSense Plus by Netgate View product
Overview
What it is	What does Barracuda Web Application Firewall do? It covers enterprise WAF. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.	See what pfSense Plus offers: commercial firewall and automated cloud backup. It is built for SD-WAN, supports cloud deployment and competes with other Firewall tools.
Product type	Enterprise Web Application & API Firewall (WAF)	Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway
Best for	E-commerce, Banking, Healthcare, SaaS	SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail
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	Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual
Data residency	On-premises; Multi-Cloud	On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions
Key features
What it offers	Enterprise WAF OWASP Top 10 mitigation Layer 7 DDoS defense Bot mitigation Automated security tuning Firewall / NGFW WAF Web Security	Commercial firewall Automated cloud backup Multi-gigabit routing Zero-touch provisioning VPN Firewall / NGFW Network Security SD-WAN
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-VAWSMicrosoft AzureGCP	Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V
Compliance	PCI-DSSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001	SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzure	Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS
Industries	E-commerceBankingHealthcareSaaS	SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail
Regions	GlobalUSEUUK	Global
Vendor
Company	Barracuda Networks	Netgate
Headquarters	Campbell, California, USA	Austin, Texas, USA
Company size	1,001-5,000	201-500
Founded	2003	2000

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda Networks

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pfSense Plus

by Netgate

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Overview

What it is

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

What does Barracuda Web Application Firewall do? It covers enterprise WAF. See typical use cases, appliance or cloud deployment and how it compares to rivals.

pfSense Plus

See what pfSense Plus offers: commercial firewall and automated cloud backup. It is built for SD-WAN, supports cloud deployment and competes with other Firewall tools.

Product type

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Enterprise Web Application & API Firewall (WAF)

pfSense Plus

Commercial Firewall & Secure Gateway

Best for

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

E-commerce, Banking, Healthcare, SaaS

pfSense Plus

SMBs, Mid-Market, Branch Sites, Distributed Enterprise, Retail

Pricing

Pricing model

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Contact Vendor

pfSense Plus

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

pfSense Plus

Deployment

Deployment options

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

pfSense Plus

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

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

pfSense Plus

Software; Virtual Machine; Cloud; Netgate hardware; AWS; Azure; Virtual

Data residency

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

On-premises; Multi-Cloud

pfSense Plus

On-premises; AWS Regions; Azure Regions

Key features

What it offers

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Enterprise WAF
OWASP Top 10 mitigation
Layer 7 DDoS defense
Bot mitigation
Automated security tuning
Firewall / NGFW
WAF
Web Security

pfSense Plus

Commercial firewall
Automated cloud backup
Multi-gigabit routing
Zero-touch provisioning
VPN
Firewall / NGFW
Network Security
SD-WAN

Platform & access

API access

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

pfSense Plus

Single sign-on (SSO)

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

pfSense Plus

Role-based access (RBAC)

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

pfSense Plus

Multi-tenant

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

pfSense Plus

Mobile app

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

pfSense Plus

Supported platforms

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VAWSMicrosoft AzureGCP

pfSense Plus

Netgate AppliancesVMware ESXiAWSAzureHyper-V

Compliance

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

PCI-DSSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001

pfSense Plus

SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSSHIPAA

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzure

pfSense Plus

Netgate cloudActive DirectoryRADIUS

Industries

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

E-commerceBankingHealthcareSaaS

pfSense Plus

SMBsMid-MarketBranch SitesDistributed EnterpriseRetail

Regions

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

GlobalUSEUUK

pfSense Plus

Global

Vendor

Company

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Networks

pfSense Plus

Netgate

Headquarters

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Campbell, California, USA

pfSense Plus

Austin, Texas, USA

Company size

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

1,001-5,000

pfSense Plus

201-500

Founded

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

2003

pfSense Plus

2000