Good overall product with room for improvement
August 01, 2025

Good overall product with room for improvement

Daniel Baerwalde | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review

Modules Used

  • WatchGuard AuthPoint
  • WatchGuard Network Security

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

As a managed service provider, we use WatchGuard Network Security for the firewall for our clients and ourselves. WatchGuard Network Security has a really good partner program for managed service providers which is a major factor in why WatchGuard Network Security was our choice. In addition to WatchGuard's firewall product, we also deploy WatchGuard AuthPoint for Multi-Factor Authentication for VPN.

Pros

  • Firewall Product
  • Multi-factor authentication for VPN access
  • Partner program for MSPs

Cons

  • Logging and reporting capabilities
  • Client visibility
  • Cloud management
  • Partner Program is really good
  • Firewall product is good
  • Reporting and logging leaves some to be desired
WatchGuard Cloud leaves a bit to be desired compared to competitors such as Cisco Meraki. I think there is room for improvement in for cloud management. I would love to see better support for situations where the Firebox is not directly reachable such as in carrier grade NAT situations. Ubiquiti does this really well.
WatchGuard AuthPoint provides a really solid multi-factor authentication solution for VPN access. I find that it's reliable and provides a solid solution. However, WatchGuard Cloud overall could improve on the lack of logging and reporting capabilities for Fireboxes. I would like to also see more resources put into the cloud management features.

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of WatchGuard Network Security go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy WatchGuard Network Security again?

Yes

WatchGuard Network Security does a lot of things well, but it also has some room for improvement with Cloud Management and logging/reporting capabilities. WatchGuard Network Security has a solid firewall solution, but even a 2.5gb WAN connection requires an expansion card into the Firebox, which isn't ideal in my opinion. However, WatchGuard Network Security does have a very good partner program.

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
7
Visualization Tools
3
Content Inspection
6
Policy-based Controls
7
Active Directory and LDAP
8
Firewall Management Console
5
Reporting and Logging
2
VPN
6
High Availability
2
Stateful Inspection
7
Proxy Server
7

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