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McAfee

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Based on 220 reviews.

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McAfee Application Control vs. WatchGuard Firebox

April 2026

WatchGuard Firebox vs. McAfee Application Control

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McAfee Application Control vs. WatchGuard Firebox

April 2026

McAfee Application Control vs. WatchGuard Firebox

Updated: April 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

5 reviews

McAfee Complete Data Protection

5 reviews

McAfee Total Protection for Data Loss Prevention

2 reviews

WatchGuard Firebox

24 reviews

WatchGuard EPDR

11 reviews

WatchGuard XTM [EOL]

0 reviews

Top Industries

Financial Services Firm

13%

Construction Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

12%

Computer Software Company

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

PankajKumar24
IT Manager at Gigabit Technologies Pvt Ltd
The use cases for McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator involve deploying multiple customers for endpoint solutions, EPP...
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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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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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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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Michael-Foster
Head of IT at Bulkhaul Limited
We use ThreatSync+ NDR for both network monitoring and detection and response.
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Pedro Soteras
CEO at ajuntament del Prat
WatchGuard Firebox is configured as a perimetral firewall across all our locations. We have two sites that are...
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Norlia Jalani
Section Head, Information Technology at a transportation company
We are using endpoint solutions such as Panda Adaptive Defense 360, but currently we are using Panda. We are using it...
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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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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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BernardLugalia
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech services company
The tool itself is great, but the technical support is not always perfect. There have been some support issues. When...
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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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Binu Haneef
System Administrator at Sky News Arabia
The technical support from McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator was very good with technically efficient professionals...
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VivekGupta7
DGM at a financial services firm
While they are knowledgeable, they are not very easily accessible. We need to book a call. Often, we'll first get...
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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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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,...
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Victor Akidiva
CEO at Semper Systemis Ltd
There are instances where McAfee interferes with business applications. So, in those cases, we require an...
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Wahidur Rahman
Senior Executive Officer at United Commercial Bank Limited
I would rate the technical support of this solution a seven, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and...
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Obaseun Awoyinfa
Security Consultant at CS Africa
To be honest, I have actually never really needed to call support overall. The product has been working all these...
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Anonymous User
Chief Information Security Officer at a venture capital & private equity firm
Their technical support is average.
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Anonymous User
IT Security Specialist at a tech services company
Technical support is not too bad. They are quite mature and have experience with the product. We have not experienced...
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Anonymous User
Application Programmer (Infrastructure and OA support) at a government
We have raised support cases to McAfee and they responded in a professional and helpful manner and completed with...
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Anonymous User
Information Technology Security Consultant at Infosec Consulting ltd
I have not personally contacted technical support but I have gotten feedback from people who have. Most people are...
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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
Security Professional
Customer Service: We were a McAfee EMEA Premier Managed Service Provider at the time, so we had no problems getting...
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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
Sr. Product Management Specialist at a comms service provider
The technical support is good, but it could be better.
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Anonymous User
Network Analyst at a financial services firm
Customer Service: Customer service is good. You will generally have access to a team of account managers, should...
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Anonymous User
Cyber Security Consultant at a tech services company
The technical support is pretty poor.
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Roi Nahari
CTO- Consulting Services at 2bsecure
The support needs some improvement. It needs to be more professional.
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Oliver Rodrigues
Senior Network Security Planning at Ooredoo Kuwait
I would rate technical support an eight out of ten. They do help to resolve issues quickly, but sometimes the...
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RahulRaju
Security Specialist at Perth Airport
While there are bugs and a few functionality issues, it is just a matter of raising them with the support team....
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Gustavo Vila Verde
Sales Engineer at a tech vendor
Levels two and three of tech support is very good.
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Abel Abenemi
IT Lead\Network Security Analyst at Oiltest Services Limited
Technical support is perfect. If you send a request for help but resolve the issue yourself after a few hours, they...
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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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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
Senior Marketing Specialist II at Harman International
When we raise a ticket with the support they respond based on the severity of the matter. I rate the support from...
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Boubacar Khouma
Owner at xconsult
I have not been in contact with McAfee's technical support.
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Christoph Schmalisch
IT Datenbankprogrammierer at Schmalisch IT & Cloud Lösungen
Their support is good. They have a very responsive hotline.
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Phillip Evely
Network Administrator at Cape Breton Regional Municipality
The support is fantastic. In the 20 years I've had the product, I've only raised three support tickets, which says...
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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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Salbu Kumar
Manager at Cyvogenix
Support is very responsive and very helpful.
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Yintho Taev
Logistics Supervisor at Andromeda Distribution Corporation
If we are not able to find answers to our questions about the solution from documents we can contact the support...
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Jose Fos
Information Technology Services Manager at BRAVO CAPITAL
I have contacted the support team a couple of times. They solve our problems in a few hours.
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Youri Hart
Managing Director at Port-IT BV
We use this solution because they have a very good support team. They are very knowledgeable about ways of...
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Scott Morin
Owner / CEO at Midwest Technology Specialists LLC.
I do not or have not had to use technical support very often, but I find it to be excellent. They're very responsive...
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Andrew Ramsey
President at Precision Solution Group, LLC
Their tech support is great.
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Gert Vr
Systems Integrator at It- Consulting
WatchGuard support is highly effective. They maintain an excellent support and help desk service.
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Anonymous User
Partner & Head of IT Strategy at a computer software company
I haven't interacted with them myself, but my colleagues state that their support line is good.
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Akhtarul Islam
CEO at Aveata Limited
The technical support is fine.
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Anonymous User
Account Manager
Customer Service: Excellent, they have incredibly quick response to any questions, and their online customer portal...
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Pavan Ingaleshwar
Soc Analyst at ISECURION
Customer support for WatchGuard Firebox has been very good; I have not needed to contact them because everything has...
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John Giacco
Network Administrator at Peace Bridge
I haven't used WatchGuard's technical support because it is an easy product to use.
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Anonymous User
Manager
We get good support. It can take a bit longer only in the case of a specific problem that even they are not aware of,...
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John Rhines
Network Administrator at ADVANCED SOFTWARE DESIGNS
I haven't had to use technical support very often, but when I have they've been great.
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Norlia Jalani
Section Head, Information Technology at a transportation company
Technical support for Panda Adaptive Defense 360 is provided by the reseller, and they also do preventive maintenance...
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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 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
Prepress/Systems Manager at a printing company
The technical support was good. Last year, I had an issue with one of the Fireboxes going down. It was overheated,...
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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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Simon-Walker
IT Manager at Redeemer Baptist School
I would rate technical support as excellent.
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RainerAlbrecht
General Manager at Gemakom
The technical support is very good because when our customer has a problem, they are very dependent on the cloud...
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Scott Eastman
Project Consultant at SysGroup PLC
The technical support is good from WatchGuard Firebox.
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Anonymous User
Senior Systems Engineer at a financial services firm
Customer Service: Customer service has provided accurate and timely responses. If they do not have the specific...
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Anonymous User
Systems Engineer at a tech services company
Customer Service: It's perfect. Technical Support: It's excellent.
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PedroSoteras
Digital Solution Designer at Accenture
The technical support of WatchGuard Threat Detection and Response is generally helpful. We have had two issues...
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Anonymous User
System Administrator at a retailer
The technical support is very fast and reliable. They are very professional. We have never had any issues with the...
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Mohamed AbdelHassanein
Managing Director at Getilock emea
We have some issues with technical support. They provide low responses.
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Technical Support

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