UniFi WiFi Access Points vs. WatchGuard Network Security

UniFi WiFi Access Points

163 Reviews and Ratings

WatchGuard Network Security

892 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
UniFi WiFi Access Points	Score8.6 out of 10	N/A	Ubiquiti Networks in San Jose provides the UniFi wi-fi access points. The enterprise products support 1,000+ client capacity, long-range 6 GHz performance, and 10 GbE PoE connectivity with native high availability architecture for critical enterprise environments.	N/A
WatchGuard Network Security	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	WatchGuard 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

UniFi WiFi Access Points

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Pricing Offerings
UniFi WiFi Access Points	WatchGuard Network Security
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

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	UniFi WiFi Access Points	WatchGuard Network Security
Considered Both Products	Ubiquiti Networks Patrick Plaisance CTO (Chief Technical Officer) in Information Technology at Pachyderm Consulting (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose UniFi WiFi Access Points Unifi trails the competitors in the switch/gateway category but exceeds all competitors in WiFi and IP cameras. Cisco Meraki equipment is too expensive along with monthly costs. Netgear equipment is fine for simple networks but a small increase in upfront spend will get you … Incentivized Helpful?	WatchGuard Technologies Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security Our tech had previous experience with WatchGuard Network Security and the Fortinet devices we were using weren't functioning to the standards we needed them to. As costs have increased with WatchGuard Network Security and across the board, we are looking for a different vendor … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security We are moving away from WatchGuard Network Security due to issues with Web interface and more cloud possibilities with the competitors. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security Implemented WiFi controler Incentivized Helpful? Steve Martin Senior Systems Administrator in Information Technology at Devoted Technology Services (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security Compared to the meraki that I've worked with in the past, I like that I'm not paying Cisco tax and there is a lot more functionality with WG. For me, the Sophos Hardware is not hefty enough to handle their OS because the UI is so slow. Ubiquiti doesn't even compete and … Incentivized Helpful? Bradley Breedlove Director in Information Technology at Merrell Bros., Inc. (Farming, 51-200 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security I would much prefer utilizing WatchGuard Network Security. When stacked against any Unifi product, WatchGuard Network Security is vastly superior. When compared with Meraki, I have much greater control over WatchGuard Network Security Fireboxes. When compared to fortinet or … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security We found WatchGuard Network Security to provide the best protection and function combined in one device. Incentivized Helpful? Anders Gidlund IT Engineer in Information Technology at Trestad Laser AB (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security We have also worked a lot with Unifi and their cloud Unifi Cloud. It works well but it feels like a solution for a bit smaller businesses. Some customer have grown out of their Unifi solutions and there WatchGuard Network Security is ready to take over and fill a gap. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security In comparison to Ubiquiti's UniFi system, WatchGuard Network Security allows for a much more developed system simply by nature of the amount of information they make readily available for all users. Answers I'm searching for usually come quickly when looking through … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security pfSense was initially replacing WatchGuard, but then we couldn't get the old Admin password and there was no hardware reset, so removed that from the system. Have Ubiquiti UC-CK in place now as a stop gap until we can upgrade our WatchGuard or our pfSense device. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security After deploying Meraki and SonicWall in our environment, we decided to go with WatchGuard due to the value in cost and ease of deployment when compared to the two. Meraki was relatively more expensive and SonicWall's solutions did not stack up well against the features provided … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security They are very similar in results but Fortinet is way easier to manage. They are equally complex when it comes to managing multiple devices across the globe but Fortinet has a better monitor solution. Also FortiGate has some firewalls capable of Virtual Firewall that helps when … Incentivized Helpful? Jonathan OJ Owens IT Administrator in Information Technology at Quest Expoloration Drilling (Mining & Metals, 201-500 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security Performed very well, though had similar learning challenges but due to the similarities of services it was not very difficult to learn. Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Shaffer Operations Manager in Information Technology at 4TS Computers (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security We have used Cisco Firewalls and Ubiquiti in the past but we preferred the interface and ease of use of the WatchGuard firewalls. The Cisco devices are complex to configure and leave room for error. The Ubiquiti devices did not have enough features to provide the level of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security WatchGuard was selected due to product familiarity; their free training courses mean we have all our technicians qualified in their use. Support has always been top-notch. And security is their focus; there's no trying to sell additional HW or add-ons. Although somewhat from … Incentivized Helpful? J K Rudeen Mac/IT/Network Tech in Information Technology at Law Offices of Harold Carr (Law Practice, 51-200 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security We use both Synology and Ubiquiti products and have noticed they offer firewall and security features. We have not considered using their services due to being satisfied with Watchguard. Also, Watchguard is solely based out of the USA. Which is nice. We very much like and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security for the other vendors that I have used setting up policies can be a nightmare, what should be simple some have made complex. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security WatchGuard's Network Security firewalls offer comparable security and processing capabilities at a cost-effective price point. When comparing the packet handling on DPI, VPN, and simple packet filtering, Watchguard will usually test above the other competitors; especially when … Incentivized Helpful? Starling Trinidad IT in Information Technology at PETROQUIM (Building Materials, 201-500 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security WatchGuard [Network Security] has some facility and feature that hasn't comparisons, for that, I choose WatchGuard [Network Security] Incentivized Helpful? Jake Bichler Sr Systems Analyst in Information Technology at Audigy (Medical Practice, 51-200 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security We haven't set up the WG cloud interface, but I do enjoy the cloud interface of Ubiquiti is does make programming new devices as well a replacing existing simple. Not having a yearly subscription to receive security updates is also nice. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security We evaluated Ubiquiti security gateways in place of WatchGuard since we use their products for our wifi network. Ultimately, we chose WatchGuard because we felt that each company had its strengths and we wanted to capitalize on those. Ubiquiti makes great wifi products and we … Incentivized Helpful? Thomas Shemon Senior Computer and Information Systems Manager in Information Technology at "Solutions" Inc (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose WatchGuard Network Security We also have a one Security Gateway. Works good for a low end product but doesn't have a lot of features that WatchGuard does. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security I have always found that the WatchGuard device software has been way easier to understand traffic flow, policy management and how its services operate. The System Manager and WebUI have come a long way, and I feel that competitors are lacking those components. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security It's not bad, it's got exceptional. It's an excellent option in the small business market. Less so as the company grows larger and the complexity and requirements increase. It's an ok product without any huge glaring weaknesses. That said, there are better products and … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose WatchGuard Network Security WatchGuard Network Security provides the most utility by providing many services on one device and an easy to use interface. WatchGuard Network Security is also very easy to install. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

UniFi WiFi Access Points

WatchGuard Network Security

Comparison of Firewall features of UniFi WiFi Access Points and WatchGuard Network Security
Feature	UniFi WiFi Access Points - Ratings	WatchGuard Network Security 9.0 460 Ratings
Identification Technologies	00 Ratings	8.7419 Ratings
Visualization Tools	00 Ratings	8.5417 Ratings
Content Inspection	00 Ratings	9.1444 Ratings
Policy-based Controls	00 Ratings	9.1457 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP	00 Ratings	8.8388 Ratings
Firewall Management Console	00 Ratings	8.5450 Ratings
Reporting and Logging	00 Ratings	9.0446 Ratings
VPN	00 Ratings	9.5441 Ratings
High Availability	00 Ratings	9.5399 Ratings
Stateful Inspection	00 Ratings	9.3413 Ratings
Proxy Server	00 Ratings	9.4298 Ratings

User Ratings
	UniFi WiFi Access Points	WatchGuard Network Security
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (39 ratings)	8.5 (475 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	7.7 (37 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (4 ratings)	7.9 (118 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.2 (4 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	6.9 (6 ratings)	9.5 (29 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (4 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (3 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (264 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (3 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 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)