WatchGuard Network Security Customer Reviews 2023

What is WatchGuard Network Security?

WatchGuard offers the most comprehensive portfolio of security services, from traditional intrusion prevention, gateway antivirus, application control, spam prevention, and URL filtering, to more advanced services for protecting against evolving malware, ransomware, and data breaches. Each security service is delivered as an integrated solution within an easy-to-manage and cost-effective Firebox appliance.

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Awards & Recognition

WatchGuard Network Security won the following awards in the Next Generation Firewall - Enterprise category

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2022

WatchGuard Network Security Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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84 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

73 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love WatchGuard Network Security?

2% Negative

8% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Unique Features
Trustworthy
Reliable
Respectful

Audi G.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Government
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jul 2022

difficult to use, unfriendly user interface

Likeliness to Recommend

7 / 10

What differentiates WatchGuard Network Security from other similar products?

its unfriendly user interface

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

None for the moment

What do you dislike most about this product?

its unfriendly user interface and how difficult it is to administer

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would not recommend it unless it is someone specialized in the equipment

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Andrea A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Mar 2022

Watchguard is for us the most important tool!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 / 10

What differentiates WatchGuard Network Security from other similar products?

Cost price is competitive and installed futures are very powerfull.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Usability and stability is the strenght of watchguard.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing...

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Watchguard firewall is very stable and strong in terms of futures and availability. we never had a problem in 3 years of 7/7 24/24 usage.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Saves Time

Kelly Speers, Author and I.

Role: C Level
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Feb 2022

Exceptional product very feature rich

Likeliness to Recommend

10 / 10

What differentiates WatchGuard Network Security from other similar products?

WatchGuard is a leader in the space and has continued to supply products and services critical to securing your network.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

DNS Filtering and Packet inspection with protection

What do you dislike most about this product?

As of late it seems like the cost of these devices has more than doubled in cost. With SSL inspection needed due to the internet being almost all on SSL you have to buy a much bigger box to be able to keep your bandwidth and do the inspection.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Double and triple check the needed bandwidth vs your future growth for the bandwidth needs. Make sure you size the device to allow all features enabled and not limit your connection speed.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

WatchGuard Network Security Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

73 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love WatchGuard Network Security?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Virtual Firewall A VF runs entirely within a virtual environment and provides packet filtering and monitoring provided by a physical firewalls

Advanced Threat Protection ATP refers to a category of security solutions that defend against sophisticated malware or hacking-based attacks targeting sensitive data.

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls Firewall features offered as a service at lower cost and scalable infrastructure

Virtual Private Network Offers IPSEC (for site-to-site tunnels) and SSL VPN (for remote access) options.

Network Access Control Endpoint integration to ensure each connecting device has appropriate security.

Web Content Filtering Restrictive filtering of web surfing to limit exposure to harmful and inappropriate sites.

Sandboxing Sandboxing is a software management strategy that isolates applications from critical system resources and other programs and tests its contents

Identity Based Control Mapping of specific security policies to defined user groups and individuals.

Application Control The solution provides ICAP support, anti-circumvention support, and an auto-record function of all traffic session details.

Encrypted Data Control Native decryption and re-encryption of SSL and SFTP traffic for thorough inspection.

DLP Functionality The solution provides DLP functionality consisting of sensitive data detection with multiple enforcement actions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

WatchGuard Network Security Reviews

Audi G.

difficult to use, unfriendly user interface

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Andrea A.

Watchguard is for us the most important tool!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kelly Speers, Author and I.

Exceptional product very feature rich

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Virtual Firewall

Advanced Threat Protection

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Virtual Private Network

Network Access Control

Web Content Filtering

Sandboxing

Identity Based Control

Application Control

Encrypted Data Control

DLP Functionality

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training