Skip to main content
TrustRadius
WatchGuard Network Security

WatchGuard Network Security

Overview

What is WatchGuard Network Security?

WatchGuard Network Security is a network security and firewall software. WatchGuard includes secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence products and services designed for SMB’s.

Read more
Recent Reviews

Great for SMBs

9 out of 10
April 22, 2024
Incentivized
We are an SMB and have been using WatchGuard products across Canada to secure our headquarters, branch offices, and remote workers. …
Continue reading

WatchGuard appliances

10 out of 10
April 15, 2024
Incentivized
These devices provide the first line of defense for all web traffic into and out of the offices I manage. Traffic is scanned for viruses, …
Continue reading

Great Product

9 out of 10
April 13, 2024
Use several NGFW clustered in different countries, physical and virtual appliances as well. Same interface, with no learning curves. Used …
Continue reading
Read all reviews

Awards

Products that are considered exceptional by their customers based on a variety of criteria win TrustRadius awards. Learn more about the types of TrustRadius awards to make the best purchase decision. More about TrustRadius Awards

Popular Features

View all 11 features
  • Policy-based Controls (415)
    8.7
    87%
  • Firewall Management Console (409)
    8.7
    87%
  • Content Inspection (402)
    8.6
    86%
  • Reporting and Logging (406)
    8.0
    80%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

View all pros & cons
Return to navigation

Features

Firewall

A firewall is a filter that stands between a computer or computer network and the Internet. Each firewall can be programmed to keep specific traffic in or out

8.6
Avg 8.5
Return to navigation

Product Details

What is WatchGuard Network Security?

WatchGuard Network Security is a network security and firewall software. WatchGuard's advanced network security platform offers IT security professionals enterprise-grade security and threat visibility tools suitable for all organization. In addition to network security, WatchGuard includes secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence products and services.

WatchGuard Network Security Features

Firewall Features

  • Supported: Identification Technologies
  • Supported: Visualization Tools
  • Supported: Content Inspection
  • Supported: Policy-based Controls
  • Supported: Active Directory and LDAP
  • Supported: Firewall Management Console
  • Supported: Reporting and Logging
  • Supported: VPN
  • Supported: High Availability
  • Supported: Stateful Inspection
  • Supported: Proxy Server

WatchGuard Network Security Screenshots

Screenshot of Subscription DashboardScreenshot of Subscriber Device SummaryScreenshot of Subscription DashboardScreenshot of Executive Dashboard

WatchGuard Network Security Videos

Watchguard Security
WatchGuard Network Security

WatchGuard Network Security Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesGlobal
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Chinese

Frequently Asked Questions

WatchGuard Network Security is a network security and firewall software. WatchGuard includes secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence products and services designed for SMB’s.

Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos SG Firewall Appliances, and Cisco Meraki MX are common alternatives for WatchGuard Network Security.

Reviewers rate Stateful Inspection highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of WatchGuard Network Security are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
Return to navigation

Comparisons

View all alternatives
Return to navigation

Reviews and Ratings

(793)

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-25 of 29)
Companies can't remove reviews or game the system. Here's why
December 11, 2023

WatchGuard

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • offers granular application control that enabled us to control which applications can access the network and how they are used.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We were able to recently work with support to figure out how to block QUIC protocols for a certain user group/Wifi connection via an ADUC security group and specific subnet. This helped us to disallow youtube for our general production employee access. Not sure this was truly innovate, but it was definitely unexpected that the default built-in features for blocking media streaming weren't working anymore with youtube and the watchguard tech and I had to get creative to block the traffic. We were able to accomplish it though, thankfully!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • For smaller locations, our Watchguard device does it all. DHCP Leases, DNS Filtering, Web Filtering, Inbound and Outbound internet connections
  • We utilize Watchguard Dimension (Free) for logging and other business tracking needs.
  • We also allow the Watchguard device to maintain DHCP leases for our guest or BYOD networks - so that separate DHCP pools aren't needed on our windows servers.
Return to navigation