WatchGuard Network Security

We are an SMB and have been using WatchGuard products across Canada to secure our headquarters, branch offices, and remote workers. …

WatchGuard 2024

10 out of 10

April 22, 2024

We use WatchGuard as our network firewall both for ourselves and for about 50% of our managed services clients. The device serves as the …

The right value!

9 out of 10

April 22, 2024

As a managed service provider, we've used WatchGuard Network Security fireboxes as our "platform" of choice for our customer firewall …

WatchGuard Security Services and Firebox

9 out of 10

April 19, 2024

WatchGuard provides one of the most complete firewall products I've used. We use their products as our primary offering to clients to …

WatchGuard Systems Security

9 out of 10

April 19, 2024

Between our company and our clients, we have over 15 WatchGuard Firebox systems setup in various locations across the country. Have always …

Loving my WatchGuard

10 out of 10

April 15, 2024

WatchGuard's Total Security Suite features intrusion prevention, spam blocking, and DNS filtering, offering me enhanced network visibility …

WatchGuard appliances

10 out of 10

April 15, 2024

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, …

Best Firewalls for the $$

10 out of 10

April 15, 2024

We are an MSP and utilize WatchGuard firewalls at many of our client's locations.

WatchGuard Network Security Implementation for Mid-Sized Businesses

9 out of 10

April 15, 2024

We utilize these WatchGuard Network Security devices at each of our locations, with a redundant cluster at our primary location. The sites …

WatchGuard Network Security Review

9 out of 10

April 14, 2024

We use WatchGuard Network Security Fireboxes to secure the boundary of our networks. These provide good security for cost, and with the …

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 …

WatchGuard Network Security Review

9 out of 10

April 13, 2024

We are an MSP that supports around 30 businesses with WatchGuard Network Security firewalls. In most cases, we do not support the internet …

WatchGuard Network Security Review

9 out of 10

April 12, 2024

We use WatchGuard Network Security System Manager for all of our clients. I would say some of the problems would be that it is not the …

A Review of WatchGuard Cloud Products

10 out of 10

April 11, 2024

We use WatchGuard Network Security in our organization mainly to protect attacks on our network. We know using WatchGuard will prevent us …

WatchGuard should be your go to when choosing network security.

10 out of 10

April 11, 2024

We utilize the network security features to secure our internal network and to secure our user logins with firewalls and AuthPoint. We …

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How WatchGuard Network Security Differs From Its Competitors

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

Having a single license bundled together makes renewals easy to track and ensures that there are no surprise bills.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

This has absolutely simplified our deployments when compared to other similar solutions. We know that out-of-box, the WatchGuard appliances are going to provide all the tools we need to build secure network requirements without having to worry about multiple licenses to get all of the bells and …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

The basic security suite is our go to for new clients. All the applications that are included support our main requirements for network security. This package is affordable and sufficient for most client offices. We do upgrade some clients to the Total Security Suite if they require additional …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

Makes it easy to see what is going on. Can update licensing very fast and easy.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

This was exactly what we were looking for, and everything the T20 does fits us to a T!

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We are a company that provides implementation and services regarding Watchguard Solutions. We rest a lot on Watchguard's excellent support team. They always respond fast and accurately providing a solution as soon as possible.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

Its very simple to renew, implement and buy, is only one part number needed to obtain the full package, no need to have a express difficult crazy course to understand what you are buying. And you will allways get all you need, not needing to buy extra licencing or hardware.

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

When we trade in the firewall for the newer model we will also take out the added implementation service. This allows the current config to be backed up, checked for best practice/inconsistencies and rebuilt on the new device. This is always carried out efficiently and allows us to plug and play …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

The single license model helps to keep things simple, easy to apply and makes quoting/renewals straight forward as you dont need to compare multiple offerings like with some products.

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We are partner, all our client are sodisfied with the solution.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

once a year you renew your license and forget about it. especially with the 3 year renewal

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

Having everything in one makes rollout and maintenance much more simple.

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

I purchased them with a partner and they were pretty good. I did the implementation myself, but next time I might have someone do it for me so I can get a better understanding of all the features and ensure proper setup.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

Made it easy to get all protection for one price

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

We always bought with a backup cluster because we want high availability in all sites. It's not too [expensive] and you just add an appliance with zero configuration.

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We worked with GNS (Guardian Network Solutions) to get ours. The initial setup was done by WatchGuard, so we have not used the GNS support at this point. GNS is good about reaching out to us before expiration and assisted with an upgrade when our old unit reached the end of its life. We are …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

Getting the hardware and subscription has simplified the process for us and is well worth the price. It is as close to setting it and forgetting it as I have seen. We have 7 clean years of operation.

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

I worked with the partner in the implementation of the firewall. Their in-depth analysis of our existing IT system, together with the knowledge and experience they possess, greatly helped in the reorganization or optimization of the system's operation, better utilization of IT resources setting up …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

We took the HA license and devices to mitigate the point of failure and get a higher level of system availability. The reporting system is very well covered with their free SIEM solution Dimension, which offers great options for traffic monitoring and reporting. Basic security license has enough …

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We work with ARYAN for purchases of WatchGuard devices and licenses, they have always been attentive and make sure that the systems we buy work 100% without problems, their recommendations and help with configuration are always professional and flawless, They have low prices and always recommend …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

WatchGuard Network Security simplifies everything thanks to its firebox devices, having a Watchguard UTM firebox in the communications rack is synonymous with "no problems" and once it is up and running, the system is practically independent, from watchguard they update it periodically and its …

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We are a Managed Service Provider, so we not only implemented the solution on our network, but we also implement the WatchGuard solutions on business all over the country. Our engineers are cross-trained and the solution was easily adoptable by all of them. We have received no issues or complaints …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

WatchGuard Network Security is a very simple offering that includes the appliance and whichever level of support that the customer chooses to implement (i.e. Standard, Basic or Total Security). The package is straight forward and easy to understand. WatchGuard also offers easy to understand …

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We are a reseller and implement Watchguard solutions for our customers. Ranging from complete management to managed by customer, supported by us. In the few cases we had to contact Watchguard our selves for either technical or customer support, we have found them to be very willing to assist in a …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

WatchGuard Network Security offers a simple-to-understand line of products, which is consistent throughout their entire range. Their smallest devices offer almost the same feature set as their largest ones, which means they are suitable for many different use cases while all being managed in the …

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

Nuvias - Very good partner to deal with. very helpful and make the process very straightforward. Provide ongoing training for services and are always on hand if issues are experienced. They are very knowledgeable and make the support process as simple as possible. They are always willing to answer …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

Simple billing allows it to be billed to the end client in a more simple manner without lots of hidden extra fees.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

This is of course a nice bundled setup
Easy to quote and to present to the end users
The partner web site is also well done to track the expiration dates and take actions
The Management included in the price is important. it does not need to be purchases separetly

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We initially worked with Digital Graffiti for the purchase and license renewals for our Watchguard firewalls. Recently we have started renewing directly through Watchguard.

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

Yes, we work with Nuvias to purchase all our Watchguard products and services. We find them a fantastic company to work with they always promptly provide us with required Watchguard products and services and have a fantastic account management team. They also handle our support queries in a prompt …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

The licensing model has benefited in some ways at customer sites where we have utilized all of the features within the licensing. However in some sites that only require basic functionality think the option to buy the box outright on its own would suit a bit better and allow us to sell boxes to …

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

I worked with Insight for purchase. I cannot recommend Insight enough. They were willing to meet with me and took the time to find our needs. Then they worked tirelessly to get me the best price on this item. I went back to them for additional Watchguard purchases as well. As they are always …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

This bundle made it such an easy decision to be able to get all of the features that we needed and more. It provided us with more protection and features that we have made use of. Being able to use Intelligent AV on the gateway is a fantastic addition along with the Web blocker making this one of …

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

Our partner of purchases is Servisport. They are the main reason for choosing WatchGuard again. We are extremely happy to work with them.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

That is beneficial for us. The only thing is logging support. We have to buy another program for logging.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

It's easier to manage internal appliances, and it's also easy to prepare quotations for our projects to customers.

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We are a WatchGuard partner that does resell, however, we typically include full configuration and support with products sold. We don't commonly sell just an appliance without our value-added services. Our services include initial configuration (Migration of existing network), updates, …

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

Two types of licenses are available: Basic and Total security. These packages offer less flexibility in the sense that you can't pick and chose what features you need and only pay for those features. However, this simplified pricing scheme does work very well for the industry they are targeting. …

WatchGuard Network Security Partner

We work with the French reseller D2B (Paris), they are available and give good advice.

WatchGuard Network Security Packaging and Licensing

The licences are easy to manage, we mainly sell total security licence but sometimes basic too and we can select specific functionality if needed.

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Popular Features

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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%

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Traffic management
Reporting

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Human Resources Company, 51-200 employees

Web Filtering
Web filtering exceptions need to be entered twice due to the format

Steve Martin

Senior Systems Administrator

Devoted Technology Services (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

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

8.6
Identification Technologies
(382) Ratings
Policy-based visibility and control over applications, users and content
7.5
Visualization Tools
(378) Ratings
Visualization tools present administrators with data on applications traversing the network, who is using them, and the potential security impact.
8.6
Content Inspection
(402) Ratings
Inspecting permitted application traffic by means of threat prevention, URL filtering and data filtering
8.7
Policy-based Controls
(415) Ratings
Firewall policy controls enable administrators to create firewall policies controlling what data is allowed to traverse the firewall
8.5
Active Directory and LDAP
(349) Ratings
Integration with Active Directory and LDAP directories
8.7
Firewall Management Console
(409) Ratings
Either command-line or web-based interface for centralized control and management
8
Reporting and Logging
(406) Ratings
Custom and summary reports, and log files enabling analysis of security incidents, application usage and traffic patterns
8.9
VPN
(399) Ratings
VPN's implement encryption and anonymize IP addresses
8.7
High Availability
(359) Ratings
Built-in capacity to prevent exposure if primary firewall stops working
9.1
Stateful Inspection
(376) Ratings
Stateful inspection analyzes packet headers and contents of packets
9
Proxy Server
(269) Ratings
A proxy server changes your IP address and masks the origin of your network traffic

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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

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WatchGuard Network Security Technical Details

Deployment Types	On-premise
Operating Systems	Windows, Linux, Mac
Mobile Application	No
Supported Countries	Global
Supported Languages	English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Chinese

WatchGuard Network Security Downloadables

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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).

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March 01, 2023

Fantastic UTM Firewall Solution

Joe Newton

Technical Director

Connexis (Telecommunications, 1-10 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

All round UTM Firewall solution in a single box

February 28, 2023

Watchguard - The Way to GO!

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Furniture Company, 51-200 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for medium size business that want the security but cannot afford to hire a full time staff to oversee security.

February 28, 2023

Use a no-hassle security device

Miguel Letona

Infrastructure admin

VSR de Guatemala (Security & Investigations, 501-1000 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

Well configured, is appropriate for most scenarios but needs improvement over mail management and anti-spam; also, needs improvement for web server publishing forwarding request to many internal web servers.

February 27, 2023

WatchGuard Network Security in the Real World

Dana Kinser

IT Administrator

Structural Steel and Plate Fabrication (Mining & Metals, 51-200 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

I would give them a 10 but they really need to work on the speed of their tech support. When you get a technician they are very knowledgeable, but It has taken me multiple attempts to get someone in support on the phone. It doesn't matter if you mark it as having a high impact on your company, they are either extremely short staffed; or extremely busy. Either way, this is the single biggest area they should improve

February 24, 2023

Watchguard may be the best

Jose Gonzalez

IT MAnager

Prime Tech Support (Information Services, 11-50 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

Simplicity for local administration, for cloud management not well documented

February 24, 2023

Right fit for any organisation

Verified User

General Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

WatchGuard Network Security is well suited for an office based environment, including support for public cloud infrastructure through virtual appliances. Physical appliances are available for all size locations, and are cost effective as bandwidth requirements increase.

With the addition of the Total Security suite, protection can be extended to remote endpoints to assist companies supporting work from home staff.

February 22, 2023

WatchGuard Security, it's red for a reason (fast, powerful, easy)

Ken Hall

CEO

StonePoint Consulting (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for small to large businesses, especially when their are security needs or compliance needs. Whether self-managed by our clients, or managed by us, the ease of administration and WatchGuard support/service makes the WNS well suited for every scenario.

February 22, 2023

WathGuard Firebox

Verified User

Director in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

WatchGuard is a great solution for those businesses with 1 to 3000 users. It fits nicely in that SMB market space and with its ease-of-use functionality, even small business owners, tax accounts, dents, etc can affordably implement world-class security. It is very intuitive on setup, and even someone with little to no training can set one up. Their support team is always there to assist if needed.

February 21, 2023

WG In Review

Kevin Baylor

CTO (Chief Technical Officer)

Alliance IT, LLC (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for small businesses entering into security or looking to improve basic security, all the way to international firms with multiple sites needing a consistent and secure platform.

February 15, 2023

Great value, solid feature set, must be considered

Verified User

C-Level Executive in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 201-500 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

WatchGuard is well placed to support clients and sites of any size. The portfolio supports a small branch office through to a large campus, using the same consistent management interface, and providing the same user experience.

The Firebox suite is priced really competitive on high throughput WAN links, coming in at a much cheaper price point than some major competitors.

February 15, 2023

We trust this product to do exactly as promised, every time

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

I honestly have found it to be so scalable that we are able to implement this solution at any given location. No job too big or too small.

February 02, 2023

WatchGuard Security Review

Joseph Shaffer

Operations Manager

4TS Computers (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

We use WatchGuard at all client offices to ensure a baseline security is met. These products require renewal of services to maintain all of their features. If you do not want to maintain licensing I would not recommend using this firewall. They are also great to use for clients that need VPN capability.

February 02, 2023

Simple quick firewalls

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology

Computer & Network Security Company, 1-10 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very simple to setup a new firewall. Very good process for swapping out old version of hardware for new. Updating licenses is quick and simple. Backups are quick and simple.

December 18, 2022

Don't hesitate to trust your security, buy a WatchGuard product!

Verified User

General Manager in Sales

Wholesale Company, 1-10 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for our wholesale business. We are a small business with approx 8-10 desktops and servers. It does very well in dishing out the IP addresses to the various connected machines as well as blocking certain websites and keeping our system and our server safe. Love this unit.

December 04, 2022

This Product Really Powered Up Our Security and Connections

Martin Eduardo Sieburger

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

NetGuard SRL (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

Its ease of use, User-friendly tools, and full powerful capabilities are some of the strengths we found in their security solutions. The integration between different security solutions provided by WatchGuard Network Security really powers it up. They were and are always a step ahead and they always provide some alternative to newly discovered threats. Incorporating state-of-the-art solutions into their portfolio.

November 21, 2022

Great features, scalable, cost effective solution.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Industrial Automation Company, 51-200 employees

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

Great product, allows us to create secure site to site vpn's where users authenticate with mfa via the Authpoint app. User security can be defined in AD groups and are authenticated via single sign on. Gives good overall visibility of the network via logs and reports.
The intital set up/config is a more involved process than with the TZ SonicWalls, so far small office setups it may not be the best option, however it does scale up extremely well into the mid size market.

October 31, 2022

Watchguard Firewall are the best

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Religious Institutions Company, 501-1000 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

Pro: connect business office, work on remote with vpn.
Cons: application portal has to improve, wifi cloud is not worth it, there are better solution from other vendor.

October 27, 2022

WatchGuard, watches out for you.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Marketing & Advertising Company, 51-200 employees

Score 7 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

Works very well as a firewall, and is robust, as proved when we had Pen Testing against our network, however lack of a good modern dashboard is a letdown.

October 24, 2022

Excellent value for money with high level technical support

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

it's required for every customer who want to improve the network perimeter security

October 19, 2022

Reliable & fast. A little bit tricky setup but not as hard as others!

Verified User

Manager in Manufacturing

Construction Company, 51-200 employees

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

It worked out well for our business with 60 people. It might not work well for businesses over 200 but I am not sure.

October 19, 2022

Overall deployment

Diego Carmignani

IT Infrastructure Coordinator

Cartiere Carrara S.p.A. (Paper & Forest Products, 501-1000 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

Recommended to use in a ROBO or small/medium company. Easy to manage and deploy. Not recommended in top of rack or enterprise company because much feature is missing.

October 12, 2022

WatchGuard WORKS for small business

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Design Company, 11-50 employees

Score 10 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

The T40 is a great firewall for small business, as it has plenty of processing power and is transparent to the users. Make sure you get enough processor to handle the load for your users, using their suggestions for the number of users. They offered to help set up the unit for the first time, and it was easy with their assistance.

October 04, 2022

Best value by far for SME

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Design Company, 11-50 employees

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Verified User

Likelihood to Recommend

WatchGuard Network security is well suited in the client based VPN connectivity. They offer three types of VPNs: IKEv1 supported, IKEv2 and SSL. All three are supported in the most Windows and Mac OS versions, have great performance and they are the ideal solution for employees who frequently work remotely or require remote access to sensitive resources.

October 03, 2022

WatchGuard is the only thing you need to be protected against cybercriminals

Carlos Lozano

CTO (Chief Technical Officer)

Multimedia Valencia (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)

Score 8 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

As a perimeter defense it is excellent, if you have total security the cloud-based service is impressive, the detection of vulnerabilities and problems is practically 0 days, like vpn, if you have a high-end device, the vpn is fast, not so much if you use entry-level devices, the system works very well over the ssl port and does not cause problems.

October 03, 2022

WatchGuard Network Security offers Best-in-Breed solutions at an affordable price

Zachary Coffman, MBA

Program Manager / Sales Coordinator

Allegiant Technology (Telecommunications, 51-200 employees)

Score 9 out of 10

Vetted Review

Likelihood to Recommend

WatchGuard Firewall's are a great all around device with Best-in-Breed Services for ultimate protection. These appliances are well suited for business in the small to medium, as well as enterprise environments. The Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) is excellent and can be deployed in any environment. The great thing about the WatchGuard family of products is that they are independent of each other, meaning you can use the MFA with any firewall, not just a WatchGuard.