Compare McAfee vs WatchGuard

McAfee

Based on 135 reviews.

WatchGuard

Based on 199 reviews.

Sample Customers

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Kleberg Bank

McAfee Application Control

Contec

WatchGuard Firebox

Ellips, Diecutstickers.com, Clarke Energy, NCR, Wrest Park, Homeslice Pizza, Fortessa Tableware Solutions, The Phoenix Residence

WatchGuard Application Control

Chester School District, Kensington Close Hotel

WatchGuard Data Loss Prevention

Royal Yachting Association, Sunray Engineering

Popular Solutions

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

12 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

10 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

11 reviews

WatchGuard Firebox

23 reviews

WatchGuard XTM [EOL]

0 reviews

Panda Adaptive Defense 360

9 reviews

Top Industries

Educational Organization

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

17%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Retailer

Government

Quotes From Member Reviews

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Most Helpful Reviews

VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
McAfee Web Protection is for our entire system, regardless of the brand. It is implemented in all systems through an...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
In the bank, there is a lot of confidential data. It is stored in various desktops and servers and over email also....
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DavidJones7
Head of Content at Pharmaflow
At our organization, we use McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator to automate security alerts and mitigate threats. Our company...
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority...
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Abel Abenemi
IT Lead\Network Security Analyst at Oiltest Services Limited
Our company uses the solution to provide clients with network protection. We use EPO 5.10 and endpoint 10.7 for...
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CarlosArdila
Project Manager, Information Technology at Telelago
We have around 350 endpoints protected with EPDR, and it's been working well so far. We run EPDR with patch...
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Michael-Angelo Francis
Senior IT Tech at PCSL

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Anonymous User
Technical Analyst - Desktop at a manufacturing company
We use it for our endpoint security solution for 1,000 machines worldwide. We're one of the largest machine shops in...
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IrfanPanhwar
Country Head at LS Systems Philippines

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Michael-Angelo Francis
Senior IT Tech at PCSL
We had a client needing strong security measures for their VPN users. They already used WatchGuard VPN, so to add...
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Customer Service

VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
While they are knowledgeable, they are not very easily accessible. We need to book a call. Often, we'll first get...
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JohnBlack
Founder and CEO at Offset3, LLC
The technical support is good, but it isn't always specific. That's a problem in my industry; it's a highly...
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Massimo Biccini
Cyber Security Consultant & Presale at Innovery
If we're talking about the classic product, we found that technical support usually had good skills and sound...
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BharatUjenia
Sr. Group Manager - Enterprise IT at WNS Global Services
The technical support is a mixed bag. They don't always like to believe that there is a problem with the solution....
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BernardLugalia
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company
The tool itself is great, but the technical support is not always perfect. There have been some support issues. When...
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Vincent Watti
Owner at Network Technics & Systems Ltd
The support is good. We've interacted with them directly a few times.
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Jagdish Lomte
Founder & CEO at StreaMplify
The support from McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention is good. However, if they provided 24 hours a day...
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RathinVaidya
Vice President (Technical) at Shaligram Infotech LLP
I rate the scalability of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention a nine out of ten.
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Shrikant Pillay
Service Management Consultant at Tata Consultancy
I've never had an issue with McAfee. I've never had to reach out to technical support.
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Anonymous User
Information Technology Security Consultant at Infosec Consulting ltd
I have not personally contacted technical support but I have gotten feedback from people who have. Most people are...
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Anonymous User
Information Security Engineer at a tech services company
When we've had issues in the past, and, although they ended up solving our problem, we found the response time was...
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Anonymous User
IT Consultant at a tech consulting company
Customer Service: The McAfee customer service is great. As mentioned in my earlier review, this is a top 10 customer...
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Yash Rana
Manager IT at OTE
The technical support of McAfee is good and that is why we use McAfee products. The support and protection is very...
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SambhajiBhosale
Network Security Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support of McAfee is great.
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Anonymous User
Application Programmer (Infrastructure and OA support) at a government
We have raised support cases to McAfee and they responded in a professional and helpful manner and completed with...
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Anonymous User
Senior Consultant at a financial services firm
We had a local technical support company and did not deal with McAfee at the regional level. I can say that our local...
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Anonymous User
President - Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company
Customer Service: In my experience, the level of customer service is very good. Technical Support: Technical service...
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Abel Abenemi
IT Lead\Network Security Analyst at Oiltest Services Limited
Technical support is perfect. If you send a request for help but resolve the issue yourself after a few hours, they...
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Boubacar Khouma
Owner at xconsult
I have not been in contact with McAfee's technical support.
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JonathanChawatama
IT Security Consultant at ZOL Zimbabwe
McAfee technical support is ok, but we do not contact them very often. Every year, they impose certifications on us,...
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Anonymous User
Computer Framework at a healthcare company
I can't comment on technical support, because we really did not use it other than for downloading new versions or for...
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Anonymous User
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 5/10. Technical Support: 4/10.
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Oliver Rodrigues
Senior Network Security Planning at Ooredoo Kuwait
I would rate technical support an eight out of ten. They do help to resolve issues quickly, but sometimes the...
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Anatolii Konstantynov
Project Engineer at ISSP
When contacting support, we would have to wait days before getting a response, and other times they were not able to...
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Anonymous User
Presales System Engineer
Customer Service: 8/10 when they needed to help us. Technical Support: 7/10.
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support is pretty poor.
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Anonymous User
Manager of BI at a tech services company
The technical support is good, but it's always "I'll call you back", especially when there are no threats. We usually...
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Anonymous User
Network Analyst at a financial services firm
Customer Service: Customer service is good. You will generally have access to a team of account managers, should...
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Shaik Sayeed
Information Technology Solutions Manager at UBG
I think that the technical support can be improved. It should be cheaper, faster and more comprehensive as far as the...
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer Info & Security at a comms service provider
Customer Service: It's ok. Technical Support: It's satisfactory; a few engineers from the McAfee Firewall tech...
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CarlosArdila
Project Manager, Information Technology at Telelago
The technical support is awesome. We are a scalable partner with them. Whenever we need expert assistance from...
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Rajesh Makwana
Regional Pre-Sales Engineer at Roundrobin Tech
Customer service and support are not explicitly mentioned in terms of rating, but overall feedback seems positive.
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MUSTAPHAABAHLOUS
Security Engineer at Cyber Value
We've never had to use the technical support.
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Christoph Schmalisch
IT Datenbankprogrammierer at Schmalisch IT & Cloud Lösungen
Their support is good. They have a very responsive hotline.
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Paal
CFO at a tech vendor
The few times we have contacted Watchguard. They reply promptly without delays.
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Andrew Ramsey
President at Precision Solution Group, LLC
Their tech support is great.
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Reviewer843600
Director of Information Technology at a recreational facilities/services company
For everything that I've dealt with, their technical support has been really great about helping out and helping me...
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Zachary Russ
Lead IT Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect at Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
All of my interactions with the technical support team of WatchGuard Firebox have been great, so far. The support...
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Anonymous User
Account Manager
Customer Service: Excellent, they have incredibly quick response to any questions, and their online customer portal...
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Sanjeeb Mohanty
Global Head ICT (CITP & MIE) at The Aga Khan Academies
Their technical support is very good. You get a response within 15 minutes to an hour at the max.
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Mohamed Y Ahmed
Technical & Pre-Sales Manager at GateLock
Technical support for this product is perfect. If you open a ticket with them, even with the slowest SLA, they reply...
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RainerAlbrecht
General Manager at Gemakom
The technical support for this solution is prompt and very, very friendly. The only issue that we have had is when a...
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Anonymous User
Information Systems Administrator at a logistics company
The support from WatchGuard Firebox is very good.
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Michael-Angelo Francis
Senior IT Tech at PCSL
I'm still exploring what's available in my current plan. Once I understand everything better, I'll reach out to...
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Shiraz Ahmed
Founder & CEO at Technomatters
I've dealt with support in the past. Maybe it did not meet up as much as the marketing. Maybe there's room for...
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Anonymous User
ICT Manager at a engineering company
A nine out of 10.
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a engineering company
I don't think I have used WatchGuard's technical support. If I did, it might have been once. I haven't really needed...
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Kenneth Conklin
Owner at a tech services company
Excellent, although I have very little involvement with technical support, but when I did use technical support, the...
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Tyson Swank
Computer Programmer at Crestwood Inc
I have only had to call once or twice for anything in any of the time that we have had the solution. Most of the...
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RainerAlbrecht
General Manager at Gemakom
The technical support is very good because when our customer has a problem, they are very dependent on the cloud...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a financial services firm
The level of support from WatchGuard is not as good as what we get from Cisco and other vendors. The response time is...
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Anonymous User
Network Admin at a manufacturing company
Their support is awesome. I get a solution to my problem within 24 hours, and if they don't have a solution within 24...
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Anonymous User
IT Audit Group Head at a tech services company
The technical support here in our country is different vendors or resellers of the firewall WatchGuard. So you just...
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Michael-Angelo Francis
Senior IT Tech at PCSL
I have a couple of open cases right now as I explore the full potential of WatchGuard solutions and how they can help...
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Mohamed Y Ahmed
Technical & Pre-Sales Manager at GateLock
Technical support for this product is perfect. If you open a ticket with them, even with the slowest SLA, they reply...
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Santosh Thorwat
IT Head at Patil Group
We did not need to use technical support.
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Anonymous User
Competitive Engineer at a tech vendor
They have a lot of support sites. I haven't need to contact them for support.
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Rick Phillips
IT Manager at INSULATION DISTRIBUTORS, INC
Tech support has been good. It's gotten a lot better the past few years; it's very much improved. Twelve years ago it...
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AllenHillstrom
IT Manager at a performing arts
We don't work directly with Cisco tech support. We work with a third-party company to handle support that we can't...
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Anonymous User
Network & Voice Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: I was satisfied, but I need a quick response instead of the given SLA of four hours. Technical...
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Technical Support

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