MikroTik Routers and Switches vs. WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MikroTik Routers and Switches
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Latvian company MikroTik offers routers and switches.N/A
WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
WatchGuard XTM is a firewall option, from WatchGuard Technologies.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
MikroTik Routers and Switches
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Ratings
WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
10.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Identification Technologies00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Visualization Tools00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Content Inspection00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Policy-based Controls00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Firewall Management Console00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reporting and Logging00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
VPN00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
High Availability00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Proxy Server00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
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Score 8.4 out of 10
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.4 out of 10
Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(6 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
MikroTik Routers and SwitchesWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
Likelihood to Recommend
Mikrotik
MikroTik is suited for large companies that require advanced distributions in terms of contracted bandwidth, and in the same way, allows a single device to specify filtering and firewall rules without acquiring an additional device. There is a range for small companies which is more economical and less robust, but in case it's not necessary, such a strict control over the data consumption of the company is not a feasible solution.
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WatchGuard Technologies
WatchGuard XTM comes in different models, so you can choose the model best suited for your company size. I think it works well in small as well as very large networks. I have not used this feature, but you can create a "FireCluster" to connect member devices of the same model if you need to put multiple WatchGuard XTMs in your environment. Coming from command line, it took a little adjusting to learn which screen to use to set up the different rules. Once you understand how to set up policies, it is simple to create more. New firewall administrators would appreciate the ease of creating policies, and expert administrators should find everything they need plus extra features.
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Pros
Mikrotik
  • Affordable, it has more features compared to other brand at the same price.
  • Widely available, by today it's easy to obtained one, even online retailers sell it.
  • Highly customizable, you may write a powerful script to enhance the function.
  • Flexible, you can make different configuration approach based on you needs.
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WatchGuard Technologies
  • Proxy filter.
  • Link redundancy.
  • Security.
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Cons
Mikrotik
  • Some of the wiki articles have not been updated or are not accurate enough. We spent a couple of days trying to find an example of implementing a mobile IPSec client solution. But once this has been implemented, it has been solid (always worked). A bigger community would help, and I am finding it hard to find the time to contribute to these articles.
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WatchGuard Technologies
  • Support can be hard to work with. While they are typically knowledgeable, there can be a language barrier. Also, most troubleshooting seems intrusive which is a problem in a production environment.
  • The throughput of the cheaper models leaves something to be desired.
  • Have had some issues running VOIP behind these, but have not been able to narrow down the issues to the phone provider or WatchGuard yet.
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Usability
Mikrotik
Almost perfect, despite some issue that need to be addressed by the manufacturer. If this issue has been addressed, a full 10 mark will be given.
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WatchGuard Technologies
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Support Rating
Mikrotik
There is no SOC, NOC, where you can contact to try to resolve any difficulties. The problems that these devices have are solved largely through the community, with workaround alternatives, or if the support team responds to a request, the response times are too high for the current needs of technological communications.
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WatchGuard Technologies
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Alternatives Considered
Mikrotik
Cisco Routers are one of the best in the market, however they are also very expensive and not suitable for a small deployment or any deployment which requires just a couple of routers. MikroTik on the other hand are less expensive and provides many features that you require for a small scale deployment. they fit in with the budget and do what you need them to.
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WatchGuard Technologies
Again, WatchGuard is priced much lower than other vendors in its space. It may not have some of the bigger features such as Layer 7 awareness. It's more simple to manage and provides IT staff the time to work on other tasks versus time spent to create complex rule sets.
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Return on Investment
Mikrotik
  • First of all it's cheaper than Cisco routers.
  • It has more functionality than Cisco routers that cost 4 times more.
  • It has a GUI. But it has CLI too.
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WatchGuard Technologies
  • Easy to set up and connect firewalls
  • Easy to set up branch tunnels
  • Less time spent training
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