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Product	Barracuda Web Application Firewall by Barracuda Networks View product	Versa NGFW by Versa Networks 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.	Versa NGFW by Versa Networks is a next-generation firewall. Key features include anti-malware. Compare deployment, integrations and top Firewall alternatives.
Product type	Enterprise Web Application & API Firewall (WAF)	Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Best for	E-commerce, Banking, Healthcare, SaaS	Cross-industry, Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Service Providers
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud	Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Firewall as a Service; Physical appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Firewall as a Service
Data residency	On-premises; Multi-Cloud	Customer-controlled or selected Versa cloud gateways
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	Single-pass inspection Application identification User and device-aware policies Intrusion prevention Anti-malware URL and DNS filtering SSL/TLS decryption AI-based threat detection
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	Versa appliancesVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud
Compliance	PCI-DSSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001	FIPS 140-2 (select platforms)
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzure	Versa ConcertoVersa DirectorMicrosoft Entra IDOktaAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSIEM tools
Industries	E-commerceBankingHealthcareSaaS	Cross-industryRetailFinancial ServicesHealthcareService Providers
Regions	GlobalUSEUUK	Global
Vendor
Company	Barracuda Networks	Versa Networks
Headquarters	Campbell, California, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	1,001-5,000	1,000+
Founded	2003	2012

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

by Barracuda Networks

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Versa NGFW

by Versa Networks

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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.

Versa NGFW

Versa NGFW by Versa Networks is a next-generation firewall. Key features include anti-malware. Compare deployment, integrations and top Firewall alternatives.

Product type

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Enterprise Web Application & API Firewall (WAF)

Versa NGFW

Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)

Best for

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

E-commerce, Banking, Healthcare, SaaS

Versa NGFW

Cross-industry, Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Service Providers

Pricing

Pricing model

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Contact Vendor

Versa NGFW

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Versa NGFW

Deployment

Deployment options

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Versa NGFW

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

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

Versa NGFW

Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Firewall as a Service; Physical appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Firewall as a Service

Data residency

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

On-premises; Multi-Cloud

Versa NGFW

Customer-controlled or selected Versa cloud gateways

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

Versa NGFW

Single-pass inspection
Application identification
User and device-aware policies
Intrusion prevention
Anti-malware
URL and DNS filtering
SSL/TLS decryption
AI-based threat detection

Platform & access

API access

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Versa NGFW

Single sign-on (SSO)

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Versa NGFW

Role-based access (RBAC)

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Versa NGFW

Multi-tenant

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Versa NGFW

Mobile app

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Versa NGFW

Supported platforms

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VAWSMicrosoft AzureGCP

Versa NGFW

Versa appliancesVMware ESXiKVMAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud

Compliance

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

PCI-DSSCommon CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001

Versa NGFW

FIPS 140-2 (select platforms)

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzure

Versa NGFW

Versa ConcertoVersa DirectorMicrosoft Entra IDOktaAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudSIEM tools

Industries

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

E-commerceBankingHealthcareSaaS

Versa NGFW

Cross-industryRetailFinancial ServicesHealthcareService Providers

Regions

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

GlobalUSEUUK

Versa NGFW

Global

Vendor

Company

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Barracuda Networks

Versa NGFW

Versa Networks

Headquarters

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

Campbell, California, USA

Versa NGFW

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

1,001-5,000

Versa NGFW

1,000+

Founded

Barracuda Web Application Firewall

2003

Versa NGFW

2012