We performed a comparison between ESET PROTECT Enterprise and WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, SentinelOne, ESET and others in Anti-Malware Tools."The product enabled Zero-Day Protection for our environment. We never encountered any issues regarding threats."
"It's helped us with restrictions and knowing which users we can provide permissions to and which users we need to restrict."
"The most valuable feature of ESET Protect is the security while accessing any transaction, such as online banking systems. When I access a banking website a new browser opens which is more secure, which I find very useful."
"The most valuable features of ESET File Security are the performance and it doesn't take too many resources."
"The solution offers a lot of configuration capabilities."
"ESET PROTECT Enterprise is reliable."
"ESET is better in some ways than other vendors because it fulfills many areas where we'd otherwise have to use different products."
"We can easily manage resources, disable or enable clients and update them."
"I haven't a problem with anti-virus stability using WatchGuard for over two years."
"It is the most effective on non-encrypted traffic and it is able to determine some threats through deep packet inspection."
"The pricing of the solution is okay. It's not the most expensive option."
"Its automation can be improved."
"In terms of management accounts, there's a lot of manuals that seem to be mixed up. Sometimes, it's a little bit confusing."
"In the current version of ESET File Security, you cannot download a file, it always wants the real-time upload which you have to wait until the file is ready. This is annoying. In previous versions, you were able to use the downloaded engine."
"The solution can be quite technical and therefore is challenging for new users."
"Sometimes, the connection to the machine requires troubleshooting."
"The tool is complex and expensive."
"I would like to see more features on the reporting side of things."
"The availability and sustainability could also be improved."
"It doesn't offer the best protection and it's incompatible with a lot of China's websites. It makes a lot of mistakes when it is detecting items as it's not recognizing items correctly."
"The solution isn't what I would consider feature-rich."
"WatchGuard technical support requires a license."
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ESET PROTECT Enterprise is ranked 14th in Anti-Malware Tools with 10 reviews while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is ranked 44th in Anti-Malware Tools. ESET PROTECT Enterprise is rated 9.0, while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ESET PROTECT Enterprise writes "Constantly improving their online resources to make it easier for new users to work with it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus writes "A fully complete suite with VPN, firewall, and anti-virus agents for network management". ESET PROTECT Enterprise is most compared with ESET Endpoint Protection Platform, Wazuh, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Avira Antivirus and Cybereason Next-Generation Antivirus, whereas WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Hornetsecurity Email Spam Filter and Malware Protection and Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP).
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