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Cisco Firepower 1000 Series vs. WatchGuard Network Security

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Firepower® 1000 Series for small to medium-size businesses and branch offices is a family of four threat-focused Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) security platforms designed to deliver business resiliency through superior threat defense. The vendor provides that they offers exceptional sustained performance when advanced threat functions are enabled. The 1000 Series’ throughput range addresses use cases from the small office, home office, remote branch office to the Internet edge. The…N/A

    WatchGuard Network Security

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AWatchGuard Network Security is a network security and firewall software. WatchGuard includes secure Wi-Fi, multi-factor authentication, and network intelligence products and services designed for SMB’s.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesWatchGuard Network Security
    Editions & Modules
    Firepower 1000
    1,000-5,000
    per appliance
    Support
    Contact sales team
    Contact sales team
    Basic Security
    Contact sales team
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    Total Security
    Contact sales team
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesWatchGuard Network Security
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesWatchGuard Network Security
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    Chose WatchGuard Network Security
    I have had Fortinet Security experts try and compare the ease of use and advanced security functionality of their products but have always been left unimpressed. Many people seem to argue that Fortinet is a much better product but there is nothing that I have seen that Fortinet …
    Incentivized
    Chose WatchGuard Network Security
    We found WatchGuard [Network Security] has a great combination of deep down controls of traffic when desired but [is] still easy to configure and maintain. We also trust their published throughput numbers compared to specialty configs needed to match published throughput with …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesWatchGuard Network Security
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Firepower 1000 Series and WatchGuard Network Security
    Feature
    Cisco Firepower 1000 Series
    8.3
    33 Ratings
    WatchGuard Network Security
    9.0
    460 Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.031 Ratings8.7419 Ratings
    Visualization Tools7.230 Ratings8.5417 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.330 Ratings9.1444 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.733 Ratings9.1457 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.429 Ratings8.8388 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console7.232 Ratings8.5450 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging8.333 Ratings9.0446 Ratings
    VPN9.128 Ratings9.5441 Ratings
    High Availability9.232 Ratings9.5399 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection8.828 Ratings9.3413 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings9.4298 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Cisco Firepower 1000 SeriesWatchGuard Network Security
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (34 ratings)
    8.5
    (475 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (37 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.9
    (118 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    8.3
    (29 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (34 ratings)
    9.5
    (29 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (264 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)