WatchGuard Network Security offers Best-in-Breed solutions at an affordable price
October 03, 2022
WatchGuard Network Security offers Best-in-Breed solutions at an affordable price
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security
We use WatchGuard as our primary firewall and utilize WatchGuard's Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) company-wide to secure our internal applications. We are also a Managed Service Provider and resell all of WatchGuard's products to our customers all over the country. WatchGuard uses Best-in-Breed vendors to provide top-tier services across their product line.
- Next-Gen Firewall Services
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Hardware Firewall Appliances
- Wireless Access Points could use improvement
- GUI could be updated
- Inexpensive compared to competition with equal or better features
- No intrusions since we started using it
- Ease of use and management
We are a Managed Service Provider, so we not only implemented the solution on our network, but we also implement the WatchGuard solutions on business all over the country. Our engineers are cross-trained and the solution was easily adoptable by all of them. We have received no issues or complaints from WatchGuard customers or our engineers.
WatchGuard Network Security is a very simple offering that includes the appliance and whichever level of support that the customer chooses to implement (i.e. Standard, Basic or Total Security). The package is straight forward and easy to understand. WatchGuard also offers easy to understand literature that explains what is included in each of the security bundles.
WatchGuard Network Security offers equal or better security, and is substantially less expensive than these other solutions, especially when looking at a 3 year to 5 year period.
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
WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings
Using WatchGuard Network Security
52 - Sales, Engineering, Administrative and Executive
12 - WatchGuard Network Security can be managed bin a single pain of glass by one person, or a team of engineers.
- Next-Gen Firewall
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Site-to-Site VPN
- SD-WAN
- Secure Private Cloud
- Endpoint Security (Panda)
- Secure Wireless Access Points
- ATP
Evaluating WatchGuard Network Security and Competitors
Yes - We replaced our Juniper Firewall with WatchGuard 12 years ago, and have stayed on the WatchGuard platform since that time. The WatchGuard Firewalls are much easier to use and offer better protection at a lower price point. We have since deployed hundreds of firewalls to customers all over the country.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
The WatchGuard Firewalls are much easier to use than most others solutions and offer better protection at a lower price point.
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WatchGuard Network Security Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation - When we changed to the WatchGuard solution, we overhauled our organizations security policies. It was a minor inconvenience to the staff, but a much needed enhancement to the organizations overall security.
- Changing security policies corporate wide
WatchGuard Network Security Training
WatchGuard Network Security Support
We purchased Total Security to have all available protection possible.
WatchGuard support has always been responsive and quick to resolution if there was an issue with one of our devices or one of our customers.
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed No escalation required Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
Using WatchGuard Network Security
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using | None |
- WatchGuard Dimension
- MFA
- SD-WAN
- VPN
- Naming Convention of Multiple Devices
Yes - The MFA works very well. Dimension can be used on mobile, but gets a bit hard to read.