WatchGuard vs The World
June 27, 2022

WatchGuard vs The World

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

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

WatchGuard has served our customers well over the years, the management and deployment of boxes make it a breeze. Features such as site-to-site connectivity via VPN, ATP, spam blocker, intrusion protection, and traffic inspection including encrypted HTTPS are all strong points of this product and have made helped secure our client's networks making renewals with our customers such an easy discussion.
  • ATP
  • Spambox
  • Traffic Management
  • VPN
  • Intrusion Protection
  • Central Management
  • FWs with Higher Bandwidth
  • Price Point
  • Setup
  • Management
  • Support
No, all solutions have been managed inhouse
WatchGuard support is very particular with their level of help, if it is not an issue per se they will refer you to their knowledge base, and rightly so. However, it would be nice to offer partners a session with an implementation specialist to assist rather than push you away.
Packaging licenses like this provide simplicity for both sales and technical departments and I can say our organization has benefitted from this, as our margin for error due to missing features is reduced. Ultimately, the customer gets the best experience from us and the vendor.
The price point is better from vendors such as Barracuda and throughout is also better.

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

No

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

Small to Medium-Sized businesses are well serviced using WatchGuard products, I feel other products outsell WatchGuard as the requirement grows mainly due to ROI. As with other firewalls, the money is in the license, so being a partner is important and to add their certs are not free nor are they cheap!

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

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