Item: WatchGuard Network Security
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the WatchGuard Firewalls ai perimeter firewall and thus secure our company. Since we started using the WatchGuard Firewall, the administration of the firewall has become easier for the colleagues from the admin team. Things are done faster. Detection rates are very good.

Pros and Cons

The systems are very easy to administer and the existing tools help a lot in the case of troubleshooting.
The communication between manufacturer and end customer works very well and quickly brings me, as a customer, to my destination.
The firewalls are very reliable and stable.

Just little things like create a network alias while I'm already creating a firewall rule.

Return on Investment

Positive: the time nedeed for troubleshooting became significantly less. That saves time and costs.
Positive: compared to others, WatchGuard is significantly less costs for maintenance and features.

Usability

WatchGuard Products do have a very good usability. If you are fit in other firewalls you don´t need much training to work with a WatchGuard Firebox

Implementation Rating

As with every implementation, first plan, then implement.

Alternatives Considered

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Fortinet FortiGate and Sophos SG Firewall Appliances

For me, it's the combination of features, admin user interface, logging and reporting out of the box without any extra costs, and the costs overall.

Likelihood to Recommend

The WatchGuard Firewalls are well suited as perimeter Firewalls with up to 10 GBit Throughput with full UTM features enabled. Not suited as an internal firewall with high throughputs 40G +. But as far as I know, new hardware is nearby. Also, the management server with auditing and versioning and drag and drop VPN is very good. I had environments before with 300+ Firewalls managed from one server

Robust, secure, stable and easy to manage

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security