Nmap vs WatchGuard Network Security | TrustRadius

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Score 9.5 out of 10

Based on 31 reviews and ratings

Score 9.2 out of 10

Based on 150 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Nmap

WatchGuard Network Security

Automated network device discovery

Network monitoring

Baseline threshold calculation

Alerts

Network capacity planning

Packet capture analysis

Network mapping

Customizable reports

Wireless infrastructure monitoring

Hardware health monitoring

Nmap

WatchGuard Network Security

Identification Technologies

Visualization Tools

Content Inspection

Policy-based Controls

Active Directory and LDAP

Firewall Management Console

Reporting and Logging

VPN

High Availability

Stateful Inspection

Proxy Server

Pros

Nmap has a unique process of fingerprinting applications/devices to help us identify their communications patterns quicker.
Nmap can be used for network auditing by specifying whole subnets that you would like to scan for open/closed ports.
Nmap has a diverse presence and can be used from most operating systems.

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Roger Mialkowski

Sr. IT Systems Administrator

Zombie ComputersGovernment Administration, 1001-5000 employees

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URL Filtering: Extremely effective for blocking of questionable content and protecting from phishing sites.
Antivirus: Our clients have seen far fewer active threats when a WatchGuard Network Security Device is in place.
Data Loss Prevention: A valuable tool for our clients who require more security when it comes to metadata and personal data leaving the network.

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Senior Support Specialist / Project Manager

Tech HelpInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Maybe take some of the features of Zenmap and bake them in?
Include fancy extra graphical results charts or graphs or something to show people who you want to convey info too but have no idea what Nmap is actually doing.
I don't really think I'd change a lot actually.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Retail Company, 51-200 employees

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Partner communications on technical issues. For example the undocumented feature of SDWAN hidden route. There is still no documentation on that.
Too infrequent communications about high incidence technical support issues. We do not want to have to be encountering known issues and then having outages or problems that we then have to put in tickets about.
Pay attention to your most highly technical partners, not just those that sell a lot of equipment. The highly technical partners can and do provide very usable feedback that can make the products better.
WG wants partners to build relationships with people inside WG so we can drive solutions to problems, but too frequently, we get no response to emails sent to the proper internal resources about legitimate issues.

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President

Quality Plus ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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WatchGuard Network Security 9.1

Based on 2 answers

To be replaced, we would need to see a clear set of reasons that acutely address the points I have made in favor of this solution, and they would need to be Cheaper, easier to use, give more clarity into the networking, and create easier dashboards and reports for managemnt of users networking and threat actors attempts to compromise the network.

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IT Director

Wayne Transports, Inc.Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 501-1000 employees

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Usability

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WatchGuard Network Security 8.9

Based on 97 answers

The overall usability gets a good rating as the WatchGuard firewalls are fairly easy to deploy. One does not have to have knowledge of their CLI structure to deploy it which makes it easier for a wider range of people. I would prefer to have a more in-depth CLI myself, however, the lack of requirement to use it for deployment, in my opinion, makes the usability easier for more people.

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Senior Network Engineer

DiamondITInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Nmap 7.9

Based on 18 answers

There is a very large support community and a robust selection of add-ons and scripts. Once you get the use down this is one of the most powerful tools and you can find anything you are looking for as far as examples on the web. While not having official support its not lacking by any means.

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Sr. Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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WatchGuard Network Security 7.9

Based on 5 answers

I give this rating as a result of almost 20 years of interfacing with WatchGuard technical support. Of all my vendors that I have to deal with WatchGuard is one of the best I have ever dealt with bar none. I have seldom finished a call to them without a solution. If they by chance don't have the solution, they will figure it out and get back to you ASAP as well as update the casefile online. Technical support is available via phone and web portal. It takes a few minutes to create a case online, assign a priority and submit. They get back to you depending on the critical nature of the issue, but you can expect urgent attention for critical and catastrophic issues.

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Director Of Information Technology

Fort Walton Machining, Inc.Aviation & Aerospace, 51-200 employees

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In-Person Training

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WatchGuard Network Security 9.1

Based on 1 answer

In person training is very good for the interaction with qualified trainers

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President

Quality Plus ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Online Training

No score

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WatchGuard Network Security 6.4

Based on 1 answer

Online training is good for learning how to use the product. It does not teach security strategy because that is not its intent.

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President

Quality Plus ConsultingInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

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WatchGuard Network Security 8.8

Based on 91 answers

It was not too bad, the key thing we had a problem with was that I was used to using web interfaces or ssh to configure firewall devices and this needed a Windows application if you wanted to access some of the advanced menus. This has improved over the years and a recent refresh of the kit allowed us to mostly use the web interface to get it operational.

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IT Manager

John Robertson ArchitectsArchitecture & Planning, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

NMap usually lacks the features of the other network scanners, but for a good reason: most of the other network scanners out there are using NMap as part of their system. The nature of NMap (being open-source) is that it is available for use in other applications; as a result, these other applications make use of the NMap source code.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 1001-5000 employees

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WatchGuard devices are so much easier to use than SonicWall devices. I find SWs to be obtuse and require a lot of extra clicking/navigating to accomplish the same tasks. The Total Security Suite that is available for WatchGuard is simply unparalleled in a cost-to-features ratio.

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Network Administrator

TAC ComputerInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

Positive return as it's open-source (free) on all OS's.
If a person is not used of the command line there are a ton of front ends that make it point-and-click so the learning curve is good. That cuts down on time and manpower.

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Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 11-50 employees

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Blocking bad websites has saved many of our clients from any infection which saves time and money from a business being down and needing files restored perspective.
Automatic end user training has saved time not having to go onsite to do it ourselves.
Traffic and Security Reports that we use with clients to show them employee usage, blocked security threats, and growth projections.

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Joshua Churchwell

Project Engineer

Echopath, LLCComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

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