Watchguard Product Win
November 17, 2021

Watchguard Product Win

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

We currently use Watchguard to secure our internal assets and customer-facing assets. We also deploy Watchguard to our Managed Services customers. Time after time we have replaced competing systems with Watchguard and found a TREMENDOUS improvement in overall performance. It is rock solid for security, performance, and reliability. For a lot of our products we sell solutions from multiple vendors, but we have been so happy with WatchGuard that we don't offer firewalls from any other vendors.
  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • Value
  • Web interface is great, but windows management tools need updating
  • Watchguard has been a tremendous win for our hosting business. The true cost of security is what happens if it fails, and Watchguard has provided tremendous peace of mind.
Higher Ground Managed IT, a division of ACS Technologies. https://www.highergroundtech.com
It is great to have all resources bundled together. Watchguard Dimension in particular adds a huge amount of visibility to the security posture, and the fact that it is included for free is a big win.
[I feel] Sophos hasn't provided the performance we've expected based on cost.

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?

Yes

Would you buy WatchGuard Network Security again?

Yes

We've seen performance benefits of Watchguard, but the biggest difference has been with Sophos. If compared with similarly priced products, [I feel] Watchguard seems to smoke Sophos in every instance we've seen. Watchguard has been a huge win for our church customers. It handles the Sunday load well while providing good price/performance for weekday business use.

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

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