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McAfee

Based on 142 reviews.

WatchGuard

Based on 231 reviews.

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Buyer's Guide

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention vs. WatchGuard Firebox

November 2026

WatchGuard Firebox vs. McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Updated: November 2026

Buyer's Guide

McAfee Application Control vs. WatchGuard Firebox

September 2026

WatchGuard Firebox vs. McAfee Application Control

Updated: September 2026

Buyer's Guide

McAfee Application Control vs. WatchGuard Firebox

September 2026

McAfee Application Control vs. WatchGuard Firebox

Updated: September 2026

Sample Customers

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

Kleberg Bank

McAfee Application Control

Contec

WatchGuard Firebox

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

Popular Solutions

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

2 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

3 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

2 reviews

WatchGuard Firebox

22 reviews

WatchGuard EPDR

8 reviews

WatchGuard XTM [EOL]

0 reviews

Top Industries

Outsourcing Company

18%

Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

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

Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
Our primary use case for this solution is activity, authentication, and scans for audit purposes and priority...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
McAfee Web Protection is for our entire system, regardless of the brand. It is implemented in all systems through an...
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Anonymous User
Information Security Analyst at a real estate/law firm
My major use case for McAfee Complete Data Protection is for DLP. McAfee Complete Data Protection helps to prevent...
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
We are working with McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention and Trellix products in our environment, but not...
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Mohd Fadhil
Security Engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd
The solution is used for granular filtering. For example, an organization can use the solution to allow users to...
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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

ObaseunAwoyinfa
Security Consultant at Trinexia
For data protection, I have never really had to leverage support. I’ve not had to deal with support on any of the...
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RathinVaidya
Vice President (Technical) at Shaligram Infotech LLP
I rate the scalability of McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention a nine out of ten.
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Vivek Sathaye
Director at Benelec
The support from McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention could improve.
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Syed M Sarfaraz Hussain
System Administrator at CyberGen
We do not have experience with customer service and support.
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Binu Haneef
System Administrator at Sky News Arabia
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator support has been helpful. However, sometimes when I raise the case they take a while to...
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Muco Aga
Cloud Security Solutions Consultant at CloudCan
We did not directly reach out to McAfee, the corporation, in terms of support. We can get help from their partners....
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Yantao Zhao
Software Integration Engineer at Thales
My impression of the technical support of McAfee Complete Data Protection is favorable.
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MuhammadKhan1
Associate Manager IT at Hi-Tech Foods
My experience is very good with customer support. When I had an issue with the initial charges related to the setup,...
Read full review of McAfee Web Protection [EOL] »
Kamal Abdelrahman
Country Manager at a tech services company
I would rate McAfee technical support as a seven. Improvements could be made in response time or quality as all of...
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BharatUjenia
Sr. Group Manager - Enterprise IT at WNS Global Services
The technical support is a mixed bag. They don't always like to believe that there is a problem with the solution....
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Jean-Luc Des Groseilliers
Owner at JLDG
I never had to use their support. For the last five years or so, I've not had any issues.
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Kalidas Mangle
Sr. System Engineer at Zensar Technologies
I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.
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Anonymous User
Network Engineer Info & Security at a comms service provider
Customer Service: It's ok. Technical Support: It's satisfactory; a few engineers from the McAfee Firewall tech...
Read full review of McAfee Firewall Enterprise MFE [EOL] »
Anonymous User
Senior Technical Team Lead at Foresight Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
The technical support is good. It's easy for us to reach support whenever we experience any issues. They put us right...
Read full review of McAfee Complete Data Protection »
RajuBhatt
retired
I've never had to reach out to the support.
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Mohd Fadhil
Security Engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd
McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention's technical support is helpful.
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Anonymous User
Network Architect at a tech services company
I've never dealt with technical support in the past. I can't speak to how knowledgeable or responsive they are. I've...
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Anonymous User
Computer Technician at a leisure / travel company
We do not call McAfee directly because they couldn't provide us with the help we needed onsite because we needed...
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AmerAlkhawaldeh
Account manager
I got in touch with the support team for McAfee Complete Data Protection about certain cases such as enhancement...
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Sambhaji Bhosale
Cyber security consultant at a tech vendor
The technical support has been excellent with no reported issues.
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Yash Rana
Manager IT at OTE
The technical support of McAfee is good and that is why we use McAfee products. The support and protection is very...
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Anonymous User
Senior Consultant at a financial services firm
We had a local technical support company and did not deal with McAfee at the regional level. I can say that our local...
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Anonymous User
Computer Framework at a healthcare company
I can't comment on technical support, because we really did not use it other than for downloading new versions or for...
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Anonymous User
Lead Cyber Security Consultant at a security firm
The most important thing is how they enable our team. They provide us with good support during the pre-sales stages.
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SambhajiBhosale
Network Security Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support of McAfee is great.
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Mohd Fadhil
Security Engineer at Mavisco Resources Sdn Bhd
The technical support is good.
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Anonymous User
Technical Engineer at a tech services company
Technical products are bound to get stuck due to the technical processes involved. Sometimes, certain new issues crop...
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Altaf Siddiqui
Network Engineer at IBoss Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
The solution's customer support team's response time is good. We raise the ticket on a support portal and communicate...
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Anonymous User
Information Security Analyst at a real estate/law firm
I have dealt with technical support from McAfee Complete Data Protection. It just depends on where I get the person....
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Anonymous User
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: 5/10. Technical Support: 4/10.
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Petri Alhainen
Administrator at Sulbana Oy
The customer service and support team was good.
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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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Arnab Mondal
Network Operations Center Engineer at a tech services company
I had contacted technical support one time. The speed and quality of the support are very good. The quality is indeed...
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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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Mauro Ferreira
Director of Information Technology at MFAL LDA
The solution’s technical support team is very good. We have always received quick responses from the support team.
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Rajesh Makwana
Regional Pre Sales Engineer at Roundrobin Tech
Customer service and support are not explicitly mentioned in terms of rating, but overall feedback seems positive.
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Anonymous User
Network Administrator at a university
Customer Service: Satisfactory to good. Technical Support: The technical team, so far with WatchGuard OEM has been...
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RedieRamos
Cloud Solutions Architect at a tech services company
I have not contacted technical support by telephone or email. When I have run into problems, I just performed a...
Read full review of WatchGuard EPDR »
Santosh Thorwat
IT Head at Patil Group
We did not need to use technical support.
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Gert Vr
Systems Integrator at It- Consulting
My overall experience with WatchGuard's technical support is good. They are responsive, and I would rate their...
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Marlon Sealey
I.T. Co-ordinator at National Lotteries Control Board
We used the technical support once, when we had some issues with employees trying to access legitimate sites. That is...
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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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Anonymous User
Head of Information Technology
Customer Service: 6/10. Technical Support: 8/10.
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Anonymous User
Information Technology Support Specialist at a financial services firm
We've never used technical support.
Read full review of WatchGuard EPDR »
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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Gert Vr
Systems Integrator at It- Consulting
If I encounter any challenges, I promptly create a support ticket with WatchGuard. Typically, within less than twelve...
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Anonymous User
Third Line Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: Great customer service with fast response. Technical Support: They have good technical knowledge.
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Anonymous User
CIO at a healthcare company
I was in contact with the WatchGuard technical support three or four times. I was satisfied with them and their...
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Mourad Aissi
Director of Information Systems at Onomo hotels
The support could improve. I had to deal with support to give me new hardware and it took four weeks.
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Anonymous User
IT System Support Administrator at a non-profit
I would rate the technical support at a seven ut of ten.
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Anonymous User
Senior Manager IT Security and Infrastructure at a insurance company
Technical support is good. Our level one support in the country is near our office and when we have an issue they...
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Sanjeeb Mohanty
Global Head ICT (CITP & MIE) at The Aga Khan Academies
Their technical support is very good. You get a response within 15 minutes to an hour at the max.
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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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Filip Hajek
Consultant at DNS a.s.
The technical support is excellent. The technical team knows what they are doing and any request or question we have,...
Read full review of WatchGuard EPDR »
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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Andrew Ramsey
President at Precision Solution Group, LLC
Their tech support is great.
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Anonymous User
Competitive Engineer at a tech vendor
They have a lot of support sites. I haven't need to contact them for support.
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Anonymous User
instructor
The level of technical support is adequate. From a range 1 to 10, I would give them a 8/10 rating.
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Anonymous User
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company
Excellent.
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Dewald Vermaak
Citrix Solutions Architect at Digital Generation
The technical support from WatchGuard would rate at about an eight on a scale of 1 to 10, where one is the worst...
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