Barracuda wins 2025 Comparably Award for Best Company Culture

Celebrating our commitment to people, values and innovation

Takeaways

• Barracuda received the 2025 Comparably Award for Best Company Culture, recognizing its commitment to a positive work environment and employee satisfaction.
• The award highlights Barracuda’s focus on executive leadership, management, career growth opportunities, and overall happiness and work-life balance.
• Barracuda’s five core values — Think Customer, Drive Innovation, Take Ownership, Deliver Outcomes, and Succeed Together — are central to its thriving culture.
• This achievement is a result of employee feedback and reflects the company’s dedication to inclusion, collaboration and innovation.

We are thrilled to share that Barracuda has once again been recognized by Comparably, earning the 2025 Comparably Award for Best Company Culture. This honor celebrates the top 100 large companies where employees consistently express high satisfaction across essential elements of a positive workplace culture, including executive leadership, management, opportunities for career growth, overall work environment, happiness, work-life balance, and more.

This recognition marks another milestone in our ongoing journey to cultivate a workplace where every team member is valued, supported and empowered to do their best work. It also reflects the dedication of our people and our efforts to foster a workplace built on inclusion, collaboration and innovation.

How our values shape Barracuda

At Barracuda, our culture is the backbone of everything we do, guided by our five core values: Think Customer, Drive Innovation, Take Ownership, Deliver Outcomes, and Succeed Together. These principles inspire our teams daily, motivating us to deliver exceptional customer experiences, foster ongoing innovation and achieve our goals through collaboration.

By living our values — putting customers first, embracing innovation, taking ownership, and working together to deliver meaningful outcomes — we create empowering and connected experiences not only for our customers but also for one another. After all, a thriving company culture starts with valuing each employee’s contributions and well-being and ensuring every team member’s voice has the opportunity to grow.

Thank you to our teams

Comparably’s annual awards are based on millions of anonymous sentiment ratings submitted by current employees from over 70,000 companies over the past 12 months. Winners are chosen based on 20 core culture metrics, including work-life balance, compensation, career growth, leadership, and diversity and inclusion.

This achievement would not be possible without the passion, dedication and creativity of our incredible employees. Your feedback, your positive energy and your willingness to bring our values to life every single day are what make Barracuda such a great place to work. We’re grateful for you and the supportive community we’ve built together.

As we celebrate this achievement, we remain committed to nurturing our culture and building a workplace where everyone feels they belong. Thank you for making Barracuda a company we’re all proud to be part of!

What Barracuda employees are saying

Barracuda employees have spoken out on Comparably, offering valuable perspectives on how our distinctive company culture makes a meaningful difference. Here’s a quick sample of their feedback that highlights some of what makes Barracuda’s culture unique:

• “I appreciate that the leadership team encourages professional development and gives people the space to take ownership of their work. It creates a culture of learning and accountability.” — review from the finance department
• “They are the perfect mix of human compassion and drive toward results, which make for a truly motivated and connected workplace because it is a place you want to keep working at and succeed at!” — review from the product department
• “Everyone here at Barracuda truly cares about us as employees. It is very refreshing and a pleasure to work for.” — review from the engineering department
• “The leadership team seems to understand that individual contributor happiness is important to a high-functioning team, and they encourage people to innovate beyond their current title. They are working on culture from top to bottom.” — engineering department
• “The leadership team is aligned with our company vision, culture and goals. Great humans - approachable, accessible, helpful. They bring out the best in me while keeping me challenged and growing.” — review from the sales department