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Product	Suricata by Suricata View product	Barracuda CloudGen Firewall by Barracuda Networks View product
Overview
What it is	Evaluating Suricata? See how this Network Security tool handles active inline IPS mode and native protocol decoding, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.	Barracuda CloudGen Firewall from Barracuda Networks focuses on firewall / NGFW. Key capabilities: multi-cloud SD-WAN. Compare it with the leading Firewall alternatives.
Product type	High-Performance Network Threat Detection & IPS/IDS Engine	Multi-Cloud SD-WAN & Next-Gen Network Firewall
Best for	Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Telecom, Defense, Education, Telecommunications, Finance	Enterprise, Retail, Branch Networks
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	CloudOn-Premise	CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details	Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor	Hardware Appliance; Virtual; Cloud; Hardware appliance; Virtual; Cloud
Data residency	Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)	On-premises; Cloud VPCs
Key features
What it offers	Multi-threaded high-throughput engine Native protocol decoding (HTTP/TLS/DNS/SMB) Automated file extraction Structured Eve JSON logging Active inline IPS mode Network intrusion prevention (IPS) Protocol traffic logging Malware network beacon detection	Multi-cloud SD-WAN Next-gen firewalling Application control Intrusion prevention Zero-touch provisioning Firewall / NGFW IPS Network Security
Platform & access
API access	API access: no	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: no	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise NetworksGateway FirewallsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps	Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCP
Compliance	GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.4NIST SP 800-94Common Criteria	Common CriteriaFIPS 140-2SOC 2ISO 27001PCI-DSS
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	ElasticsearchSplunkLogstashZeekSnort rulesCisco TalosEmerging Threats	Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzureGCP
Industries	Enterprise ITCybersecurityTelecomDefenseEducationTelecommunications+1 more	EnterpriseRetailBranch Networks
Regions	Global	GlobalUSEUUK
Vendor
Company	Suricata	Barracuda Networks
Headquarters	Global / Open Source	Campbell, California, USA
Company size	1-10	1,001-5,000
Founded	2009	2003

Suricata

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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

by Barracuda Networks

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Overview

What it is

Suricata

Evaluating Suricata? See how this Network Security tool handles active inline IPS mode and native protocol decoding, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.

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.

Product type

Suricata

High-Performance Network Threat Detection & IPS/IDS Engine

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

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

Best for

Suricata

Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Telecom, Defense, Education, Telecommunications, Finance

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Enterprise, Retail, Branch Networks

Pricing

Pricing model

Suricata

Contact Vendor

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Contact Vendor

Free trial

Suricata

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Deployment

Deployment options

Suricata

CloudOn-Premise

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

CloudOn-Premise

Deployment details

Suricata

Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

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

Data residency

Suricata

Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

On-premises; Cloud VPCs

Key features

What it offers

Suricata

Multi-threaded high-throughput engine
Native protocol decoding (HTTP/TLS/DNS/SMB)
Automated file extraction
Structured Eve JSON logging
Active inline IPS mode
Network intrusion prevention (IPS)
Protocol traffic logging
Malware network beacon detection

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

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

Platform & access

API access

Suricata

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Single sign-on (SSO)

Suricata

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Role-based access (RBAC)

Suricata

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Multi-tenant

Suricata

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Mobile app

Suricata

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Supported platforms

Suricata

Enterprise NetworksGateway FirewallsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Hardware AppliancesVMwareHyper-VKVMAWSAzureGCP

Compliance

Suricata

GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.4NIST SP 800-94Common Criteria

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

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

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

Suricata

ElasticsearchSplunkLogstashZeekSnort rulesCisco TalosEmerging Threats

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Barracuda Cloud ControlAWSAzureGCP

Industries

Suricata

Enterprise ITCybersecurityTelecomDefenseEducationTelecommunications+1 more

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

EnterpriseRetailBranch Networks

Regions

Suricata

Global

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

GlobalUSEUUK

Vendor

Company

Suricata

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Barracuda Networks

Headquarters

Suricata

Global / Open Source

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

Campbell, California, USA

Company size

Suricata

1-10

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

1,001-5,000

Founded

Suricata

2009

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

2003