Great value, solid feature set, must be considered
February 15, 2023

Great value, solid feature set, must be considered

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

We currently deploy and support WatchGuard Firebox appliances across a large number of our MSP clients. This includes both physical (on-prem) and virtual (Azure) appliances. Combined with the use of the Total Security suite it provides an end-to-end UTM service for our clients.

Centralised management of the devices allows our techs to easily manage multiple sites and customers through a single portal.
  • Ease of use and multi-site or multi-client management
  • Single pane of glass support
  • Multi-layer protection
  • More out of the box reports
  • General reporting improvements
  • Ability to create firewall rules by MAC addresses
  • Replaces multiple technologies with a single stack/vendor
  • Provides a consistent user experience, both on-prem and off prem
  • Allows us to provide a competitive replacement option for legacy technologies
Having a single license bundled together makes renewals easy to track and ensures that there are no surprise bills.
The WatchGuard Network Security suite comes in at a very competitive price point, with a model that matches every size of site. The feature set is rich, and all integrates really well. With both on-prem (WSM) and cloud management options, you can use the product suite in whatever way you prefer.

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 is well placed to support clients and sites of any size. The portfolio supports a small branch office through to a large campus, using the same consistent management interface, and providing the same user experience.

The Firebox suite is priced really competitive on high throughput WAN links, coming in at a much cheaper price point than some major competitors.

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

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