WatchGuard Technologies

WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus

Composite Score

7.4 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus?

Gateway AntiVirus (Gateway AV) is a fully integrated security subscription for WatchGuard XTM appliances. It works in tandem with the application layer content inspection of the XTM to provide real-time protection against known viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, and rogueware.

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WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus Ratings

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

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 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 Gateway AntiVirus?

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0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 74

Analytics and Reporting

Sandboxing

Mobile Device Protection

Malware Detection

URL Filtering

Application Control

SSL Scanning

Directory Integration

Unified Management Interface

Rule Based Policy Engine

URL Categorization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 74

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus Reviews

Lauren W.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Advanced content filtering antivirus.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus from other similar products?

Content and security can be monitor remotely on connected IoT devices and data encryption option make it different from other similar products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Customizable dashboards and reports gives complete insights about infected data and about malicious activities. Virus can be removed automatically and smooth surface provide securely by WatchGuard.

What do you dislike most about this product?

So much time requires during custom scan and sometimes makes device perform slowly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

WatchGuard Gateway has ability to perform quickly against infected files and remove them rapidly. Network filtering, Firewall and Endpoints security gives us by WatchGuard. I always recommend others to experience it for safe and secure working.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Vendor's Interest First

Waseem L.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Robust Security Solution for Network Protection.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus from other similar products?

WatchGuard offers multi layers of security for network and filter all the data traffic for safe surfing on internet, also has ability to point out advanced threats rapidly.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

WatchGuard is highly integrated with Firebox protection and provide complete security for online network with firewall. Ability of blocking all types of threats makes it best option for using security purpose.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I found it expensive for small businesses as compare to other security tools.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

WatchGuard Gateway is completely suitable for all types of business companies and it is completely integrated with security features for providing protection to endpoints.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Role: Vendor Management
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

Safety Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus

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WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus?

Pros

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

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Sandboxing Inspection of executable files in a protected environment to detect malicious behavior. Performs real-time analysis of web objects using browser code emulation.

Mobile Device Protection Ability to support multiple devices, OSes and platforms using mobile optimized, HTML-based web access and/or native applications.

Malware Detection Detects malware based on signature-based and heuristic engines

URL Filtering Manages and controls websites that end users can visit. Filters unwanted websites based on URL and can support real-time reputation incl. certificate validation

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

SSL Scanning Scan and monitor websites with SSL security for malicious content.

Directory Integration The solution integrates with AD or LDAP to manage web security policies in the organization.

Unified Management Interface The solution allows for multi-instance deployments (hybrid, cloud and on-premise) to be managed via a single administrative interface.

Rule Based Policy Engine The solution comes out of the box with a library of customizable policies covering device type, user ID, user group, and multiple attributes.

URL Categorization The solution performs real-time unknown URL categorization supported by an out-of-the-box library of policies.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus Reviews

Lauren W.

Advanced content filtering antivirus.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Waseem L.

Robust Security Solution for Network Protection.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Safety Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Analytics and Reporting

Sandboxing

Mobile Device Protection

Malware Detection

URL Filtering

Application Control

SSL Scanning

Directory Integration

Unified Management Interface

Rule Based Policy Engine

URL Categorization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration