WatchGuard Network Security Review
November 12, 2021

WatchGuard Network Security Review

Diego Higuera | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

WatchGuard [Network Security] is the main firewall that protects the company from the outside world and hosts our BOVPN between sites. We use WatchGuard [Network Security] for firewall protection, application control, botnet detection, gateway antivirus, geolocation blocking, IPS, and as a web blocker(filter). It [is] amazingly easy to do updates without user disruption.
  • Intrusion prevention service
  • Traffic management and SD-WAN
  • Traffic monitor - server management
  • Web interface
  • Log server management
  • SSO integrations
  • Security - intrusion prevention
  • Reliability
  • Network performance
Virtual Graffiti - [They were] so helpful in all our requirements.
Yes, due [to] having [the] all necessary in one content package.

Do you think WatchGuard Network Security delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WatchGuard Network Security's feature set?

Yes

Did WatchGuard Network Security live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of WatchGuard Network Security go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy WatchGuard Network Security again?

Yes

Less Appropriate: SSL inspection is an expensive feature and demands a lot of performance from the appliance. WatchGuard [Network Security] could add more URL blocking categories, improve the types of reports, improve the WSM dashboard, improve the branch office VPN troubleshooting, [and] more accurate SD-WAN and traffic management.

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

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

Using WatchGuard Network Security

3 - IT, IT Network Administrator, [and] Business Administrator CTO