We performed a comparison between Untangle NG Firewall and WatchGuard Firebox based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"Overall, the pricing of the solution is very good. The product offers good value."
"The simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"Secure, user-friendly, stable, and scalable network security solution. Installation is straightforward."
"I really like the captive portal feature for our guest network. It has nice VLAN features in terms of separating our network. The anti-virus is also good."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"We find the web filter very valuable."
"The most valuable features are IPS, MAPI, NAT, and VPN."
"The product is easy to implement."
"Web Filter is effective, Web Cache offers bandwidth savings, and the VPN setup is easy."
"NG Firewalls allow us to permit or deny applications we don't want to run. We also use content filtering, SSL inspection, and all the other things we run on the firewall to keep our clients protected and ensure they're not going where they shouldn't. It's a great firewall that works as intended."
"The web blocking for my clients and the application control are valuable."
"The features I have found the most useful are the web filter, the captive portal, the SSL inspector, and the ad-blocker. They're awesome."
"What I like about this product, which is the reason that we continue to use it, is that you can install the software version on your own hardware. In case there is a problem with the hardware, we can just install the firewall in another machine and restore the configuration."
"One of the most valuable features is the Geolocation. Because we aren't a multinational corporation, it allows me to look at things which might be suspicious to make sure that they are legitimate transactions rather than people sniffing around the network."
"WatchGuard has a very easy VPN and branch office VPN setup, so we use those pretty extensively."
"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."
"WatchGuard Firebox's two-factor authentication feature is particularly useful and provides an added layer of protection."
"The solution has a useful traffic monitor."
"I like intrusion detection the most."
"Among the most valuable features is the ease of use — love the interface — of both the web interface and of the WatchGuard System Manager."
"The most valuables feature of WatchGuard Firebox are the VPNs, and web filtering where we can stop users from going to malicious sites."
"The web-cache feature which was previously on the FortiGate device, but was deleted with the recent upgrade should be returned. It was a very valuable feature for us."
"It does not have key authentication for admin access."
"Its filtering is sometimes too precise or strict. We sometimes have to bypass and authorize some of the sites, but they get blocked. We know that they are trusted sites, but they are blocked, and we don't know why."
"We'd like more management across other integrations."
"Due to its higher cost, Fortinet FortiGate can lead to increased operational expenses."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"We would like to see better pricing."
"Fortinet doesn't provide multiple virtual firewalls which would facilitate end users and customers."
"For the web filter, I think they can do better especially on the free model."
"The product needs to have a better support group for its online support, specifically for its help desk."
"The product should improve reporting."
"The ability to setup a DDNS for each WAN independently would be a very handy feature."
"Web-filtering policies could be improved."
"It would be much easier if there was a mobile app."
"The product needs to improve its mobile application."
"It does have multi-factor authentication in some areas, but I would love to see a more widely implemented version of that on the devices themselves."
"Sometimes, the writing rules are a little confusing in how am I doing them."
"This solution needs the option to add an external hard drive."
"There are a couple of things I wished that it would do, but I can't think of those off the top of my head."
"The solution needs to improve its accessibility."
"There is room for improvement in the threat protection, data packet inspection, and performance of the solution. Generally, it's just a lower-end product. It does the job but doesn't do it very well."
"There's always room for improvement, especially if the threats are getting more sophisticated and the IT department cannot sufficiently meet this kind of sophistication with their own knowledge and experience. Knowing that this solution can get up to the level of addressing a lot of these threats is something that everybody wishes for. If we look at the dark web and the lawful web, they are two opposites, and if these two good and bad collide in the world of the internet, you want the best possible product—especially if you cannot get to that point of knowledge. I am just an individual and end user, with limited knowledge of usage. That's why I say there's always room for improvement, from their side and also from mine, because by knowing exactly what they can achieve and the knowledge that they can get on an everyday basis, and the portion that is understandable to me, it's an improvement for them as well."
"An area for improvement is that when we use a web administration link, there is no security."
"The next release should have better software and configuration systems that can also be used on Linux."
Untangle NG Firewall is ranked 24th in Firewalls with 22 reviews while WatchGuard Firebox is ranked 13th in Firewalls with 79 reviews. Untangle NG Firewall is rated 8.6, while WatchGuard Firebox is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Untangle NG Firewall writes "Its simplicity, variety of features, and low pricing have enabled us to improve the security for our small business clients at a price that they are happy to pay for". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Firebox writes "Offers a streamlined deployment, intuitive interface and robust security features". Untangle NG Firewall is most compared with OPNsense, Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, Sophos UTM and Check Point NGFW, whereas WatchGuard Firebox is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Sophos XG, OPNsense, SonicWall TZ and Meraki MX. See our Untangle NG Firewall vs. WatchGuard Firebox report.
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