Watchguard Review
June 20, 2024

Watchguard Review

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

Modules Used

  • WatchGuard Network Security
  • WatchGuard Endpoint Security

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

We currently use WatchGuard firewalls in most of our offices to protect the network. The firewalls are easily configurable and have great security features to secure our networks. The device is the first line of defense into our network. We use many of the available features to secure all incoming and outgoing traffic.

Pros

  • Security
  • Application Control
  • Traffic managment

Cons

  • Logs
  • Bandwidth meter
  • It has ensured we have not had a breach on our networks to date
  • The devices are priced well for what is offered.
Hypertec, they are great and always help in anyway possible.
I have yet to put all of my eggs into the WatchGuard cloud basket as of yet but may go this route in the future. As of right now I am managing the devices via the system manager and VPN tunnels. I will spin up a management server and dimension server in the near future to further manage the deployed devices.
We currently only use the cloud to monitor not manage the devices. We may go this route in the future but have yet to go this route. The functionality is getting better but still hesitant to fully move to it. We do not use any other devices than the firewalls.

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

It is well suited for someone who needs a powerful firewall that is easily configurable and had many available features to be enabled. I have enabled the Geolocation and application management to ensure that specific locations and applications cannot be accessed. I use the easy to configure VPN functionality to make management simpler and will be using the management server to simplify that.

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

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

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