Mainly throughput and concurrent user capacity, from the 210's 25 to 100 users up to the 1010's 25,000. The 210 and 310 also lack full SSL inspection, which becomes standard starting at the 410 and carries through every model above it.

If you want visibility into encrypted HTTPS traffic, not just plain HTTP, you need it. Full SSL inspection is standard from the Web Security Gateway 410 up, on both the physical and virtual (Vx) lines. The 210 has none, and the 310 offers only a first level of inspection.

The virtual Vx310, Vx410, and Vx610 run the same content filtering policy as their physical counterparts on your own VMware or Hyper-V infrastructure. Concurrent user capacity matches the physical model, but throughput is lower since the virtual edition shares resources with the host instead of running on dedicated hardware.

It's a subscription add-on available across the entire line, physical and virtual. It runs suspicious files through full system emulation in an isolated sandbox before they reach your network and checks them against Barracuda's global threat intelligence, catching ransomware and zero-day malware that category filtering alone would miss.

Yes. The Barracuda Web Security Agent installs on Windows and Mac laptops and enforces the same content policy whether someone is in the office, at home, or on a hotel network.

Barracuda Cloud Control is a free, web-based console that manages policy, reporting, and updates across every appliance on your account from one place, so a multi-site deployment doesn't mean logging into each unit separately.

Every model in the line uses the same filtering policy engine and management console, so moving up a tier is a hardware or license upgrade, not a new product to learn. The 1010 also supports linked management across multiple units for organizations that outgrow a single appliance.

Orders placed before 3pm EST ship the same day. Our Barracuda-certified team can also help confirm the right model for your user count and SSL inspection needs before you order.