User Reviews of Cisco Secure Firewall & WatchGuard Firebox

Updated April 2025

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Cisco Secure Firewall review
Dibyendu Roy
Dibyendu Roy
Senior Network Administrator at iib
Delivers strong threat prevention and good VPN but has configuration complexity
Cisco Firewall is not user-friendly. They complicate simple configurations, requiring multiple steps. Compared to Palo Alto and FortiGate, it is not as effective. Cisco Firewalls require FMC for management. If you have a small to medium-sized office with only a few firewalls, you can deploy and manage them without FMC. However, without FMC,...
WatchGuard Firebox review
Ronald Lewis
Ronald Lewis
IT Manager at Invest Barbados
Useful VPNs, effective web filtering, and cost effective
The VPN aspect of the WatchGuard Firebox is an area that could potentially benefit from improvement. We encountered difficulties while attempting to integrate Windows 11 laptops into the system, which resulted in unreliable connections. After some research, we discovered that this was primarily due to compatibility issues with Windows 11...

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