Compare Extreme Networks vs WatchGuard

Henry Ford Health System, Baltimore Ravens, Brandili, Federal University of Alagoas, CEDAE, Caxias do Sul, UNISC Concurrency, CenturyLink Field, Louisiana College, Cricket Tasmania Stadium, Moscow Internet Exchange

WatchGuard Firebox

Ellips, Diecutstickers.com, Clarke Energy, NCR, Wrest Park, Homeslice Pizza, Fortessa Tableware Solutions, The Phoenix Residence

WatchGuard Secure Wi‑Fi

Portsmouth Grammar School, HILOTEC

Popular Solutions

3 reviews

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22 reviews

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Top Industries

Manufacturing Company

11%

Construction Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Quotes From Member Reviews

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Most Helpful Reviews

Meric-Dinc
Director, Solutions at TopTel
We are utilizing Extreme products in many cases, including a significant project in Antalya, Turkey, involving five...
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Wael Awni
Management Board Member And Network Engineer at NewLogics
I use ExtremeCloud IQ for our customers, providing centralized management for multiple branches. I use it for...
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Jan Zontek
System Engineer at Poczta FM
The main use cases for ExtremeControl among my customers are to authenticate the users here for the end systems in...
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Karel Ondracek
Network Administrator at THK Co Ltd
I use ExtremeWireless for several projects. One is for standard end users, another is for the guest network, and a...
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
We have been reselling ExtremeManagement for 13 years.
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RickyMakkar
Senior Network Security Consultant at NTT DATA
I use ThreatSync NDR for monitoring across our hybrid and cloud infrastructure. For monitoring in our hybrid and...
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Petri Alhainen
Administrator at Sulbana Oy
I'm talking about WatchGuard EPDR, which is endpoint protection. I try to remember if we have them in our system, and...
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Anonymous User
Senior System Administrator at a consultancy
My primary use case for WatchGuard Firebox has been network security management and secure connectivity for client...
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Anonymous User
IT System Support Administrator at a non-profit
We use WatchGuard Secure Wi-Fi because we have used different tools as well, like Ubiquiti. The complexity of...
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Customer Service

MericDinc
Network division director at Toptal telecommunication company
The tool's support is good and can solve problems easily.
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Manik Chavan
Assistnat Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department at a educational organization
I would rate the technical support from Extreme a nine to ten out of ten.
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Shrikant Teggi
Sr. Area Technical Manager at tata elxsi
We get very good support from ExtremeSwitching. Compared to big players such as Cisco and others, it is definitely...
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Wael Awni
Management Board Member And Network Engineer at NewLogics
The technical support for on-premises is not great, but it is okay for cloud.
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Meric-Dinc
Director, Solutions at TopTel
To evaluate Extreme's technical support, I give a 10 out of 10. Their technical assistance center operates...
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Bjarte Guterud
General Manager at Heath Comm AS
The technical support is very good. I rate support an eight or nine out of ten.
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Wael Awni
Management Board Member And Network Engineer at NewLogics
I am totally satisfied with the response time and with the quality of support.
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MuhammadNadeem
Sr. Network Engineer at a tech services company
Technical support is good. They're responsive. I haven't really had to deal with them that much since the solution...
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Ilham Fareed
Head of Enterprise Networking at Connex Information Technologies
Technical support is very good; they respond promptly when we open a case. We don't need to request technical support...
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AnkurKumar
Consultant at HCL Technologies
When I see the tech engineers, they join the calls whenever there is any performance issue. Whenever there is an RMA...
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
The customer service and support are good. I prefer vendors who provide technical support directly, unlike others who...
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Anonymous User
Conseiller en architecture technologique at a government
Technical support was actually supplied by a third party. We don't go directly to the company. It's kind of network...
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Anonymous User
IT Administrator II at a university
Customer Service: Customer service has always been superb. Sales and technical support are always friendly, efficient...
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Anonymous User
Senior Engineer- Network Consulting at a tech services company
Customer Service: No direct access to vendor tech support, but distributor support (Aero-IT) is 9/10. Technical...
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Ufuk KINDAP
Technical Coordinator at Yildiz Technical University
I didn't get the chance to directly communicate with Extreme like with Cisco, but it's okay. The company is helpful,...
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Anonymous User
Manager at a manufacturing company
We hardly required any tech support since the installation. Their tech support is okay and can be improved.
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Anonymous User
Jr Support Technician at a government
I don't have any experience with their technical support.
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WaelAwni
Engineer at NewLogics
The technical support sometimes closes cases without resolution, which is why I rate it a seven out of ten.
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
There are some challenges with the availability and expertise of ExtremeSwitching engineers. Technical cases often...
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Anonymous User
IT Director at a pharma/biotech company
Customer Service: Customer service was fantastic. We had to call a few times during implementation and minor...
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Anonymous User
Infrastructure Manager at a retailer
Customer Service: Customer service is very good. Technical Support: Technical support is good but could be faster.
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Michael Bartlett
President at Marine Alignment, Inc.
Customer Service: Customer service is excellent. From RFQ through deployment and hand off to support, we have been...
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Anonymous User
Presales Engineer at soulco
We haven't had any technical issues but I'm satisfied with the support available. Our software team in Extreme can...
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WaelAwni
Engineer at NewLogics
I rate ExtremeWireless support seven out of 10. ExtremeWirelesstechnical support has been highly responsive, but the...
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Anonymous User
Works at a tech company
Customer Service: Customer service is helpful. Technical Support: Technical support is excellent.
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Anonymous User
Enterprise Server & Support Manager at a manufacturing company
Customer Service: Customer service has been great for the most part, haven't had too many interactions with them....
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Bob Zhang
Network Engineer at a consultancy
I think customer support is good.
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DanielThomas1
Technician Analyst at a energy/utilities company
Support has a high degree of availability and expertise. They are in or near our time zone, cordial, and...
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Anonymous User
Vice President of Information Technology at a tech services company
Customer Service: Customer service is excellent. We purchased through a local reseller, and they were our point of...
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Anonymous User
Wireless Network Engineer at a educational organization
Customer Service: Great customer service have not had a single issue with them. Technical Support: Great support for...
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Kevin Mabry
CEO at Sentree Systems, Corp.
I don't use technical support that often, so I don't have much of a need for them. However, when I talked to them in...
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Arkadiusz Charuba
IT Specialist/Admin at a legal firm
I've never directly reached out to technical support.
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Petri Alhainen
Administrator at Sulbana Oy
The customer service and support team was good.
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Mohamed Abdel-Hassanein
Co-Founder and Business Development at TeCrypt
We have some issues with technical support. They provide low responses.
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Isaac Shemaria
Co-Founder at OptiSec Zero Trust Security
I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
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Ícaro Lira
Network Administrator at SuporteOne
Support is very good.
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Rui Barbosa
Director of Production & Support Engineering at Famasete Lda
Whenever I need support for WatchGuard Application Control, I'm able to get it from the vendor.
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Horacio L. Mille
Founding Partner at Innovadvice
There is an area of improvement in customer service and support.
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Surjith Cs
Sr.System Administrator at a computer software company
The technical support is very fast - when we raise an incident, we get a solution in no time.
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ANGEL CHALJUB
General Manager at CSTISA
Their technical support is very good. I would rate them a ten out of ten.
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Stavros Oikonomou
Sales Director at a tech services company
Customer support is awful, as there is no customer support in Greece, and that is why I changed.
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Anonymous User
IT at a manufacturing company
IN China, the company doesn't really have any presence and so there isn't really technical support we can connect...
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Anonymous User
Information Technology Support Specialist at a financial services firm
We had an issue once where a PC didn't allow us to install the software. There was some conflict with the other...
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Kenneth Conklin
Owner at a tech services company
Excellent, although I have very little involvement with technical support, but when I did use technical support, the...
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Mohamed Y Ahmed
Technical & Pre-Sales Manager at GateLock
Technical support for this product is perfect. If you open a ticket with them, even with the slowest SLA, they reply...
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MaximilianoHuguenin
IT Security Analyst at a tech services company
The support is poor and lazy.
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Rommel Otero
Analista Mesa De Servicios at a computer software company
My experience with customer support is that I have interacted with them, and they are good technicians who speak both...
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Anonymous User
Faculty Member at a educational organization
WatchGuard Firebox does figure things out a little bit much easier when it comes to technical support. They do have...
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Stathis Andreou
Director at RMON ITSEC LTD
WatchGuard support is generally helpful and does a good job, although occasionally I may need to call for...
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Anonymous User
Executive VP/Partner at To Solution, LLC
Customer Service: When we have called on them for sales and product support, the customer service has been very good....
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Anonymous User
IT System Support Administrator at a non-profit
I rate technical support between five to six. Their support response can be time-consuming, and when incidents occur,...
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Anonymous User
CEO at Datastream LLC
WatchGuard technical support requires a license. We never called them because the solution is working correctly and...
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Thomas Zhang
IT Director at a financial services firm
7/10
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Paal
CFO at a tech vendor
The few times we have contacted Watchguard. They reply promptly without delays.
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Rick Phillips
IT Manager at INSULATION DISTRIBUTORS, INC
Tech support has been good. It's gotten a lot better the past few years; it's very much improved. Twelve years ago it...
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Anonymous User
IT Manager at a financial services firm
The level of support from WatchGuard is not as good as what we get from Cisco and other vendors. The response time is...
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Anonymous User
Chief Information Technology Officer / Head Emel at a government
My company contacted the solution's technical support regarding the services, especially when we had some new...
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Anonymous User
Senior IT Administrator for Global Group at a manufacturing company
They provide good technical support. They are able to resolve our issues.
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Anonymous User
IT Audit Group Head at a tech services company
The technical support here in our country is different vendors or resellers of the firewall WatchGuard. So you just...
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Joseph Jansen
IT Specialist at ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK
Tech support is everything for any product. WatchGuard's technical support is up there at eight or nine out of ten....
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Technical Support

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