Barracuda Secure SD-WAN vs OpenNOP
Barracuda Secure SD-WAN
barracuda.comOpenNOP
opennop.orgSide by side
| Figure | Barracuda Secure SD-WAN | OpenNOP |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · WAN Optimization Software | 8.7 (#2) | 7.7 (#10) |
| Deployment | CloudGen Firewall is available as a physical or virtual appliance on premises, or in the cloud. | The manual describes inline deployment and out-of-line deployment using policy-based routing. |
| Support | Barracuda says live support is available worldwide 24x7 and requests are answered by a live person. | The official site links to SourceForge forums and support requests. |
Plans
Barracuda Secure SD-WAN
- Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Secure SD-WANPriced on request
In their own words
Barracuda Secure SD-WAN
Barracuda Secure SD-WAN has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
OpenNOP
OpenNOP is a free, GPLv3 open-source Linux network accelerator for point-to-point, partially meshed, and full-meshed IP networks. Its stated aim is improving performance on low-speed links such as ISDN, DSL, DS1, frame-relay, and VPN circuits. Implemented functionality includes LZ compression of TCP segment payloads and peer discovery through custom TCP options added to IP packets. A heartbeat between the user-space daemon and kernel module lets the module switch to bypass mode. The manual describes inline deployment and out-of-line deployment with policy-based routing. A prebuilt appliance image is identified as the easiest installation option. Custom Linux hosts require libnfnetlink, libnetfilter_queue, and libnl, and the manual says any Linux distribution should work. The project is self-hosted, with hybrid deployment listed, and system administrators are its intended audience using a command-line interface. Features marked todo include block-based data reduction, a WCCPv2 client, CLI configuration and statistics, and a web interface. SourceForge labels the project Alpha and lists its last update as 2015-12-28.