We performed a comparison between WatchGuard Firebox and Zyxel Unified Security Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."SSL-VPN is very useful for us and has been very reliable."
"The solution is stable."
"The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"It is a good source for firewall protection."
"The solution is very user-friendly."
"The SD-WAN feature is the most valuable. This feature evolved from link load balancing. It has helped us in terms of our uptime and privatizing applications whenever we experience an outage. The SD-WAN feature has been a plus for us. Two-factor authentication has allowed us to add more users in terms of remote working. We have two-factor authentication for remote workers to authenticate them before they get on the network."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"FortiGate has a strong security topic which allows all of the Fortinet devices to communicate and share information which makes their security more powerful."
"The policy monitoring and allowing different traffic flows are the most useful features for us; regulating which traffic comes in and out."
"After conducting several tests I found the antivirus is working very well. Additionally, they have a very interesting feature, DNS WatchGuard, which is checking DNS requests for phishing, among other things, and it has caught a lot of unwanted attempts and attacks."
"We experienced that WatchGuard is easy to setup regarding VPN compared to other firewalls of other brands."
"The most valuable feature for small and medium businesses is the support for various protocol proxies."
"This product offers great protection using the default settings."
"The most valuable features of this solution are live logging, rule setup and maintenance, and VPN creation."
"The most valuable feature is the GUI, especially the real-time bandwidth usage report. Also, its integration with WiFi access points is nice."
"I like the High Availability features of the newest ones I'm using because they allow a firewall to fail and still be up and running."
"This is a capable appliance and the standard features work well for us."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from web filtering, malware protection, and antivirus."
"The solution can scale well."
"We have an issue with hotel guest vouchers."
"It would be good if they had fewer updates."
"It would be nice if FortiGate incorporated some built-in endpoint protection features. I would also like a built-in SOC dashboard for managing multiple Fortinet firewalls."
"Fortinet could improve the windows opener or the virtual IP solutions for opening windows. The virtual IP settings need improvement as firewalls are trending in new development directions."
"I don't really have anything negative to say as far as Fortinet firewalls are concerned. If anything, they can support a user a little bit better. They can stop being so time-sensitive about how much time the support call has taken, and they can help you do it yourself."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"The UTM filtering needs improvement."
"There were quite a few problems with the stability of the system."
"When working with WatchGuard, specifically in configuring Panda Security on the portal for the first time, it was challenging for me."
"They are working on cloud-based options. However, they do not have the options fully functional in their solution at this time."
"We would like to see granular notification settings and more advanced filtering in traffic monitoring."
"The area where I think this product can be improved is the user interface and the reporting. It can be quite difficult to find the correct logs and to actually find out what is going on. The digging can be time-consuming."
"The scalability of the solution needs improvement."
"We were able to take from an older configuration, build a new one quickly, and get it up and running, which didn't take long, but there was some pain around it."
"There is room for improvement on the education side, regarding what does what, rather than just throwing it at a person and assuming they know everything about it. A lot of times, you have to call WatchGuard support to get the solution that will work, rather than their just having it published so that you can fix the problem on your own."
"Some of the configuration options are somewhat confusing."
"The product has some scalability and data management issues where improvements are required."
"Although manageable, the user interface is a little bit slow and could be improved."
"Sometimes it reboots when you least expect it, and that's the main issue."
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WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 3rd in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 79 reviews while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is ranked 10th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 3 reviews. WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.4, while Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zyxel Unified Security Gateway writes "Offers good anti-spam and web filtering features but needs to improve in the area of scalability". WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Azure Firewall, whereas Zyxel Unified Security Gateway is most compared with Netgate pfSense, OPNsense, Sophos XG, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our WatchGuard Firebox vs. Zyxel Unified Security Gateway report.
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