budget firewall
September 19, 2025

budget firewall

phil ngo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • WatchGuard Network Security

Overall Satisfaction with WatchGuard Network Security

just a backup firewall, the stuff is cheap but just not as good as fortinet and sophos which have ai detection and other features that are so much better (NDR) watchguard is hard to implement for most of our cleints, the web portal is hard to access, mainly used for backup firewall, has all the basic features after all!

Pros

  • IDS/IPS
  • Port Forwarding
  • Backup Firewall

Cons

  • UI
  • AI detection
  • web portal to manage
  • i dont get what you mean
i dont recall we just use this as backup
it is cheap compared to other enterpise stuff
yes good as backup router/firewall if one of the enterprise fails
i did not, i feel like watchguard is budget firewall but better than home firewall

Do you think WatchGuard Network Security delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with WatchGuard Network Security's feature set?

No

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?

Yes

Would you buy WatchGuard Network Security again?

No

its good as backup firewall, just set it up and then put it in place but lack features of enterprise firewalls like sophos and fortinet

WatchGuard Network Security Feature Ratings

Firewall
4.5
Identification Technologies
8
Visualization Tools
2
Content Inspection
2
Policy-based Controls
4
Active Directory and LDAP
7
Firewall Management Console
3
Reporting and Logging
5
VPN
2
High Availability
7
Stateful Inspection
7
Proxy Server
2

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