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Compare Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Riverbed SteelHead 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (57.4% of reviews)
Enterprise (80.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
Star Rating
(49)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (57.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Barracuda CloudGen FirewallRiverbed SteelHead
Star Rating
(13)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (80.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Riverbed SteelHeadBarracuda CloudGen Firewall vs Riverbed SteelHead
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Riverbed SteelHead easier to use. However, Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is easier to set up and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Barracuda CloudGen Firewall overall.
- Reviewers felt that Barracuda CloudGen Firewall meets the needs of their business better than Riverbed SteelHead.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Barracuda CloudGen Firewall over Riverbed SteelHead.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
No pricing availableRiverbed SteelHead
No pricing availableFree Trial
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
No trial information availableRiverbed SteelHead
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.1
41
9.0
7
Ease of Use
8.5
42
8.6
7
Ease of Setup
8.8
30
8.6
7
Ease of Admin
8.9
28
8.6
7
Quality of Support
9.1
35
8.3
7
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
27
8.8
7
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
43
5.3
5
Features by Category
Network
8.8
7
8.7
5
8.3
6
8.7
5
8.0
5
8.3
5
8.9
6
8.0
5
Application Performance
7.7
5
9.0
5
8.3
6
9.0
5
6.7
5
6.7
5
6.7
5
8.7
5
7.7
5
8.7
5
Security - Unified Threat Management
7.7
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
Administration
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
Administration
8.9
12
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
9.4
12
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Firewall Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Functionality
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
Monitoring
9.4
12
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence - Firewall
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and Riverbed SteelHead are categorized as WAN Optimization
Unique Categories
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall is categorized as Unified Threat Management (UTM), SD-WAN, and Firewall Software
Riverbed SteelHead has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Riverbed SteelHead
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.9%
Financial Services
8.5%
Consulting
6.4%
Computer & Network Security
6.4%
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
4.3%
Other
59.6%
Pharmaceuticals
20.0%
Retail
10.0%
Information Technology and Services
10.0%
Government Administration
10.0%
Financial Services
10.0%
Other
40.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
Barracuda CloudGen Firewall has no discussions with answers
What is SteelHead CX?
1 Comment
HH
SteelHead CX is a wan optimize solution provided by Riverbed.
CX is a new model that works very well and almost issues with hardware and software.Read more
What does Riverbed Technology do?
1 Comment
HH
-Check and remove the duplicate package
- Cache data
- Application Streaming
- Compressing dataRead more
Riverbed SteelHead has no more discussions with answers
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