WatchGuard Firebox

RATING:

4.8

Overview

About WatchGuard Firebox

WatchGuard Network Security puts IT security professionals back in charge of their networks with widely deployable, enterprise-grade security and threat visibility tools suitable for any organization, regardless of budget, size, or complexity. Protect users, devices, and data across your network from one platform. WatchGuard Technologies offers a wide range of network security solutions that are easy to use and affordable. Their solutions can protect any size organization from a variety of threats. WatchGuard's Firebox family of firewalls are high-performance devices that offer a wide range of security features. These features include intrusion prevention, URL filtering, gateway antivirus, application control, and antispam. WatchGuard also offers advanced protections ...

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WatchGuard Firebox Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for WatchGuard Firebox

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Bob

Verified reviewer

Logistics and Supply Chain, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed May 2023

Wholehearted support for WatchGuard Fireboxes

I’ve used them for many years now, having had a number of generations from the 200/300 to the 270/370 to the 290 series. They work well, are so easy to use, are reliable and the support is fantastic.

PROS

The expansive feature set at a very competitive price makes the Firebox a really attractive option. The ease of deployment and management is, I believe second to none. However, it is the customer service behind the product that really makes it worth the money. I can’t state strongly enough how great the team there is.

CONS

Honestly nothing. Even the odd little feature, if it could be improved, the team there listen and often it gets the requested tweak.

Reason for choosing WatchGuard Firebox

I felt the WatchGuards did the job better and for a better price. The other vendors are fantastic, and wouldn’t have been a wrong choice, but I felt for the price and feature set, WatchGuard were the best option.

Dat

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed March 2024

SMB Firewall with features

Have been with watchguard over 10 years now, improvement are steady with more features on each new release.

PROS

Easy to manage and understand using their toolsets

CONS

Intergration to other 2FA hardware vendors takes lots of work, no local on prem 2FA integration into its management web tool.

Reason for choosing WatchGuard Firebox

Costs effective solution and ease of management with active directory integration

Reasons for switching to WatchGuard Firebox

Costs and ease of management with active directory integration

Louis

Verified reviewer

Telecommunications, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed April 2019

Basic UTM with Poor Manufacturers Support & Poor Reliability

WatchGuard is a leading vendor but lags behind its direct competitors, and it's reliability on the smaller range makes it questionable. However the pricing and basic feature set make it attractive to SMB's.

PROS

The GUI is user friendly and looks quite modern and slick. Generally the configuration is logical and easy to navigate. The pricing is generally cheap.

CONS

Reliability on hardware is poor, support isn't very helpful (e.g. they wont do a remote session to help), feature set is weak and generally the appliance lags behind its competitors.

Ted

Hospital & Health Care, 201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

EASE OF USE

VALUE FOR MONEY

FUNCTIONALITY

Reviewed February 2024

Quality Product That Allows Peace of Mind

As described above. I love the product and am very thankful to have such a great security option.

PROS

In my opinion, the security of this product stands out more than anything. Once properly set up, it creates a peace of mind that we've taken another step in the right direction for our security needs.

CONS

I can't say there is anything that I don't like about WatchGuard Firebox. I will be honest, at first, the cost related to it I thought was a little high, but once I noticed everything that it does, that cost is nothing compared to everything it does and protects. That to me makes it worth more than it's weight in gold. So much so, I have installed one in each of my office locations.

Reasons for switching to WatchGuard Firebox

I made the switch as my previous hardware was becoming old and outdated. With the change in times, and the fact that I administer a healthcare organization, I needed a product that was reliable and secure. I tried the WatchGuard product and never looked back.