Fastvue Reporter for Barracuda
Simple internet and network usage reporting for Barracuda Networks firewalls
The Barracuda Networks reporting solution you've been looking for
Fastvue Reporter for Barracuda delivers unprecedented visibility into internet usage by simplifying and enriching data logged by Barracuda Cloud Gen, NextGen, and Web Security Gateway. It’s then collated into easy-to-read report and alerts, and sent to those that need it.
Built for Barracuda firewalls
Fastvue Reporter for Barracuda is a complete, end-to-end reporting solution designed for Barracuda Networks firewalls including Barracuda Cloud Gen, NG, and Web Security Gateway.
Reporting Without the Noise
Go beyond top domains and bandwidth charts with clearer visibility into internet activity, AI prompts, searches, videos, and user behavior, with less noise and fewer false positives.
Ditch the IT bottleneck
Give managers, HR, or wellbeing teams clear reports and alerts they can actually use, without IT wasting time interpreting raw logs.
Fastvue Reporter is perfect for
Education
Surface student online safety concerns faster with clearer reporting on searches, browsing, AI prompts, and user activity. Support CIPA and KCSIE-related filtering, monitoring, and safeguarding requirements without piling more manual work onto IT.
Business
Monitor employee internet usage, detect insider risk, and get a grip on shadow AI with clearer reporting that managers and HR can act on.
Public Sector
Local government, libraries, and councils gain clearer visibility into user activity, VPN usage, and bandwidth hogs, with faster, more defensible answers for user investigations, security reviews, and compliance obligations under CJIS and HIPAA.
IT
Reduce network troubleshooting time with clearer reporting on internet activity, security events, bandwidth, and policy-related issues, without digging through raw logs.
Reports
Choose from simple internet usage reports, IT network and security reports, user overview reports, or activity timeline reports. All reports can be filtered, scheduled, shared, and exported.
Trusted by thousands of organizations
What our customers say
We use Fastvue Reporter for reporting company-specific information to our clients (we are an MSP) in a scheduled and controllable manner so that they can better monitor staff usage. The ability to segregate information on a per-company basis is very simple and easy to configure.
Fastvue Reporter is able to intelligently interpret the firewall's log files and extract detailed user activity on the web, during any particular timeframe. This produces clear reports that can be sent to safeguarding officers in real-time or on a schedule.
The best part for me is that once I set up the reports and who they go to, I am out of the loop totally. The department manager can parse through the report, run more detailed reports, and take action without involving me at all as a net admin. Site Clean made it even easier for the managers to understand (How do you explain what a CDN is to the accounting manager?).
Get started in 3 easy steps
Install Fastvue Reporter
Install Fastvue Reporter on a server in your network or private cloud*.
Connect your firewall
Send log data from your firewall to the Fastvue server (usually via syslog) - [see available firewalls](/reporter-overview#firewall-brands "firewall brands").
Enjoy better visibility
Get a better, more comprehensive view of your internet and network usage with easy-to-use reporting and real-time alerts.
* Available as Windows Server software or a Docker image.
Compare Barracuda Networks reporting options
Barracuda Reporting Server
- Designed for network and security administrators.
- Only focuses on security, bandwidth, and performance metrics.
- Very basic information on internet usage (top domains, users, and categories).
Fastvue Reporter for Barracuda
- Provides meaningful insights into internet activity with Fastvue Site Clean, search term extraction, video enrichment, keyword detection, and productivity assessments.
- Easy for both non-technical staff as well as network and security administrators to understand.
- Detailed activity timeline reports with full forensic details.
- Get real-time alerts for any type of traffic or network issue.
- Integrates with Entra ID & Active Directory for Department/Group reporting.
- Simple to set up and use.
Take Fastvue Reporter for a test drive
Download our FREE 14-day trial, or schedule a demo and we'll show you how it works.
All the features for a safer internet and productive network
Reports
- User reports
- Department reports
- Student safeguarding reports
- Allowed/Blocked websites reports
- Activity timeline reports
- Internet searches reports
- YouTube videos reports
- Online productivity reports
- Firewall policy reports
- Security & threat reports
- Network bandwidth reports
- Subnet reports
Dashboards
- Live bandwidth dashboard
- Live productivity dashboard
- Live security dashboard
Sharing
- Simple report scheduling
- Private report sharing
- Send internet usage reports to managers
- Send safeguarding reports to child welfare staff
- Send security reports to IT teams
Alerts
- Fully customizable alerts sent by email
- Safeguarding alerts
- Large download alerts
- Malware and threat alerts
- Unproductive browsing alerts
Other
- Active directory integration
- Simple installation & setup
- Auto-updated keyword lists
- Customizable data retention policy
- Advanced filtering
- Export to CSV & PDF
Technical FAQs
Once you have a server that meets our recommended requirements, Fastvue Reporter can be installed and begin collecting syslog data in under 10 minutes.
Fastvue Reporter is designed to make reporting on your FortiGate data easier for both technical and non-technical teams, depending on the report type and the access you provide.
Fastvue Reporter is available as Windows Server software or as a Linux-based Docker image. You can self-host the software on-premises, or in your own private cloud or data center.
For Windows, simply run the Windows installer. A Linux setup is a little more 'techie' but still relatively simple if you're familiar with running Docker images.
We recommend deploying the software on a Virtual Machine so that you can scale the CPU and RAM resources as required.
Check out our installation guides for a comprehensive rundown.
As Fastvue Reporter is self-hosted, Fastvue never sees your confidential internet or network traffic log data, and doesn’t impose expensive SaaS data storage costs. It’s a better, more cost-effective way to get safer internet.
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