WatchGuard AuthPoint Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 9.1 out of 10

Score

9.1 out of 10

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for WatchGuard AuthPoint are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Ease of Use: Users appreciate the system's user-friendly interface, push notifications, and confirmation emails that contribute to easy navigation. The straightforward deployment process for Multi-Factor Authentication on VPNs and integration with Active Directory further enhances its usability.

Reliable Security Features: Reviewers commend the system for securing servers, desktops, and VPNs with Multi-Factor Authentication, providing a robust layer of protection. The inclusion of geofencing for RDP adds an extra level of security valued by users.

Efficient Management Tools: Users value the system's simple enrollment process for users, quick authentication to VPNs, and seamless management of clients and authentication to WatchGuard firewalls. Integration with various applications and compatibility with corporate VPN environments contribute to efficient workflow management.

Reviews

237 Reviews

Great product support could be faster

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 9, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At our small software company, we have a number of remote workers in the US, as well as abroad. We use WatchGuard AuthPoint to secure our IKEv2 VPN - remote users must use the WatchGuard AuthPoint mobile app to allow the VPN to connect. This is just one of our security layers, we use other 2FA to control logins, etc.

Pros

Speed of notification
Stable connection
Mobile app has minimal footprint
Portal is easy to navigate

Cons

Email support is SLOW unless I want to allow a stranger to access my production firewall. That is never allowed here, so our hands are tied in terms of being able to get support in less than 48 hours.
Again, support takes far too long because you refuse to employ any staff that works in US time zones during normal business hours.
There has to be another option besides: 1) you take full control of my systems or 2) I wait on SLOW email support that isn't that great.

Likelihood to Recommend

While I cannot speak of the functionalities that we do not use, the 2nd factor authentication has been great. It's actually secure, I can control it all remotely, users don't mind the extra step, and management feels more at ease knowing that we have full access control. The VPN for remote connections is fast and stable, it stays connected during network oddities and has plenty of bandwidth.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Security and control within reach

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 30, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have really been looking for a tool that allows us to have control and security at the same time as we have many administrative users inside the company and they connect externally and we are sure that this one helps us to fulfill what we need.

Pros

Security
Control
reliability

Cons

self-manageable at user level
sometimes users do not recognize the icon and the name of the app.

Likelihood to Recommend

reliability

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Use WatchGuard AuthPoint and leave your worries behind

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

April 25, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use WatchGuard AuthPoint to act as the MFA tool for our business which allows our users who login to login securely and not have to worry about any security lapses that could potentially be very damaging to our business. The App is very straight forward and the pricing is just right.

Pros

Two Factor Authentication
User Friendly App
Push Notifications

Cons

Push Notification can be slightly inconsistent
Some Minor Glitches with the App
Pricing could be a challenge if you had more users

Likelihood to Recommend

I think it is very well suited for small to medium business. We are only a staff of 10 but now we use it for our remote technicians so they can login to our servers and perform remote sessions. We fell secure with this and not as exposed as using basic RDS sessions

Frank McCann

General Manager in Information Technology at PC Outlet (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Easy to add MFA for remote users

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

April 21, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use AuthPoint together with our WatchGuard firewall to secure our remote workers via 2 factor push notifications to their mobile devices when attempting to login to the VPN from a remote location.

Pros

Consistent MFA push notifications
Simple management once configured
Reasonable logging for debugging

Cons

Documentation is lacking for more complicated setups, for example integrating into Windows AD Radius backed VPNs
Generally configuration can be time consuming as it is not always clear where settings are, cloud or local

Likelihood to Recommend

AuthPoint is great if you are already in the ecosystem, I cannot see how this would benefit if you are not already using a WatchGuard firewall or other service they provide. Most competitors have their equivalent products so mixing these up will likely lead to issues.

Rob Weighill

Group Systems Architect in Information Technology at Prototal UK (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

WatchGuard AuthPoint

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

April 1, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it with some clients for M365 and OWA. Some clients have limited company phones and don't want the employees to have to use their own phones for holding Microsoft Authenticator. So, they have a hybrid solution with soft tokens on company phones and hard tokens for everyone else.

Pros

Security
Moving soft tokens from phone to phone
SAML

Cons

Tracking down root cause when WatchGuard AuthPoint is failing
Not really easy to setup
Changing user in AD groups with WatchGuard AuthPoint

Likelihood to Recommend

If someone just wants a replacement for Microsoft Authenticator, it's doesn't make sense. Microsoft Authenticator is just simple for M365. However, if someone wants an alternative where they don't want to use a soft token on employees' personal phones, then WatchGuard AuthPoint has the answer with a hard token solution. It also works well securing vpn's.

Verified User

C-Level Executive (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

3 years of experience

WatchGuard AuthPoint MFA solution

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

April 1, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use WatchGuard AuthPoint for our office VPN MFA using Radius and AD.

Pros

Easy for end users to setup
Managment of uses is easy using the cloud portal
Easy to delete or issue new MFA tokens
Blocking token is straight forward in the cloud portal

Cons

Initial setup can be easier
Better Documation on how to transfer tokens to new phones
Documation could have more screens shot examples

Likelihood to Recommend

Ongoing management and adding users is easy and can be automated

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Watchguard AuthPoint

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 30, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use AuthPoint as a 2FA security measure for all users with a laptop. Some users work from home, and some typically work from a branch office but have the option to work remotely. We needed a way to comply with security regulations that was low hassle but would also fit our business needs.

Pros

App push notifications are very consistent and easy to approve.
Sending new tokens to users when they get a new phone is simple.
Whitelisting branch offices.

Cons

Managing users with the web interface could be more intuitive.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited to businesses with a mix of employees who work in the office and remotely. You can view how often they log in with the device. The authenticator app allows you to log in while the device is offline. I have been using AuthPoint with my business for 6 years and am happy.

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

WatchGuard AuthPoint MFA

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

March 25, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use WatchGuard AuthPoint for multi factor authentication for our Watchguard VPN connections. This provides protection from outside malicious actors trying to access our network.

Pros

Active Directory Connection
Multi Factor Authentication
Easy Setup

Cons

Some times the authentications does not go through
Reinstalls of the WatchGuard AuthPoint VPN client to make the connection work on occasion.

Likelihood to Recommend

Enabling MFA for VPN connections is a must. It fills the need.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

WatchGuard AuthPoint - A cost-effective tool to secure my organization

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 26, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Allowed us to meet cyber insurance requirements.

Pros

Easy setup
Consistently available
Affordable

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for a security-conscious business to allow VPN access while still being affordable.

Verified User

Director in Information Technology (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

WatchGuard AuthPoint - It just works

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 18, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use WatchGuard AuthPoint to enforce MFA on all of our VPN connections to our WatchGuard AuthPoint device on-site. This allows all of our users to authenticate a second time, which increases our security posture while enabling us to receive our Cybersecurity insurance at a reduced rate.

Pros

Easy LDAP connection
Easy user setup, and syncing with our on-site AD
The push notifications work well with the Authpoint app, no issues at this point

Cons

Acquiring licenses can be a little odd, trying to find a reseller that will sell them in the way that I want

Likelihood to Recommend

At this point we have only used WatchGuard AuthPoint for our 2FA enforcement, but it works well and was easy to set up with the guides provided by Watchguard. We haven't branched out past this usage at this point, but the Watchguard Cloud interface is intuitive in setting up the application.

Verified User

Manager in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

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