WatchGuard Network Security Device Review
September 12, 2019

WatchGuard Network Security Device Review

Thomas Shemon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

We use it as our go to for firewall protection at our company and across 99% of our clients. This addresses network security.
  • WatchGuard uses best in breed for their services, which means they do not try to reinvent something that a company is already doing well... they partner with them.
  • Geo location blocking works great.
  • Easy to install and setup.
  • The only con I see may be something getting blocked when you have a policy in place to allow it.
  • WatchGaurd, by default, blocks unless allowed by a policy. This is good, but you just need to educate users and techs to know what they are looking for.
  • Very Positive impact has been with issues with WatchGuard that a tech can not fix. Get with WatchGuard on it and they will do everything they can to correct an issue.
We are the partner/re-seller so we sell to our clients and give any support needed.
Currently works great but there is always room for improvement.
Having a baseline image saves a lot of time when setting up a new device.
Having a single appliance with a single license is a good thing. One license for everything you'd want and need.
We also have a one Security Gateway. Works good for a low end product but doesn't have a lot of features that WatchGuard does.
We have been using them for 5+ years and still love their product.

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
5
Visualization Tools
6
Content Inspection
9
Policy-based Controls
9
Active Directory and LDAP
7
Firewall Management Console
9
Reporting and Logging
10
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
8
Proxy Server
8