WatchGuard Network Security at a Small Business

We use this as our onsite firewall and for local network management as well as VPN for offsite employees.

CDW helps us get the licensing. This works fine, although it is a bit clumsy getting the correct product ID for a tradeup, or product recommendations. First you need to go over the documentation on WatchGuard Network Security without logging into the site so you can see product comparisons, then find out about trade-up deals, then contact the partner to arrange the purchase.

There is value, although we still end up handling endpoint security with other vendors due to lack of an exact fit for all situations or endponts and the pricing.

WatchGuard Cloud was cumbersome and slow to access. When the Internet is out, cloud tools are not available. Cloud management of Wi-Fi was not desirable and the lack of opt-out as well as the high price compared to an off-the-shelf Wi-Fi router led to dropping the WatchGuard APs. We instead use local management with WSM and just left the old APs online for a guest network.
Possibly a retail store or large office building might prefer the new APs and cloud management. We are a small office, so it was mostly a source of privacy concerns plus increased cost plus lack of benefit compared with an ethernet port.