Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services vs WatchGuard Network Security

• Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services are very well suited for most environments.
• Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services have a variety of networking features including NextGen, web content filtering, data analysis, high availability failover, packet inspection, context-based ACL, and other features to protect your networks.
• It's easy to deploy and manage.

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• Great combination of easy to configure but still maintaining a lot of in-depth features and control available if desired
• WatchGuard Cloud [is ]included on basic and total security packages to provide [a] valuable look into [an] activity that passes through the firewall. (A lot of other platforms such as Meraki you need to simply use Syslog and third-party tools to get insights and look for issues that need remediation)
• Cohesive integration with other products such as AuthPoint for MFA adds value you can't get from traditional RADIUS only integrations of other platforms.

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• Performance when using FirePower services make the unit slow
• Capacity of what the FirePower services need
• The interface is better than ASDM but these still need ASDM and that can be a challenge to get the correct Java version loaded
• Certain 5500-X models are different than previous versions with no switchport options

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• It would be nice to have a fully functional web interface [for the] server manager. The server manager is often very slow over remote connections.
• Better support for OpenVPN server, or at least an easier way of creating tunnels using OpenVPN.
• user VPN user management is a little confusing until you understand that all users need to be created under SSL users, regardless of VPN type.
• Would be nice to have traffic statistics on traffic management objects.

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• As an integrated appliance, we saved costs on getting other security technologies.
• It provided secure access to our remote users, saving costs and time as our users could get access to the network anywhere and anytime.
• Since we have other Cisco devices, integration was seamless.
• Integration with Active Directory meant we did not need to create addition user accounts.

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• VPN has meant my users are secure even when they are not in the office, this has reduced risk when they are using public networks and home networks that IT cannot regulate.
• The increased security provided by the firewalls has enabled us to positively answer questions on customers' RFI assessments to their potential customers.
• Central Management in Dimension saves our engineers time by not having to jump onto every firewall one by one.

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