We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Anti-Malware Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It can block certain web pages that may contain viruses or pose a threat to the computer."
"The tool offers great detection. You need time only to setup the environment. After that, it is just plug-and-play to get the solution up and running. We can also control the PC remotely from the cloud and get all the information in one place."
"Technical support has been very good. They are helpful and responsive."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"It is pretty easy to deploy. Its update definition file is small, so it can dispatch very quickly within the enterprise. The product itself is very lightweight, so it won't delay your endpoint. You also don't have to do any difficult configuration because it comes with a very good default setting. So, you just install it and forget it."
"The most valuable features of this solution are, of course, the IPS/IDS, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection, and Antivirus."
"It's a very user-friendly product."
"The pricing is good."
"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."
"I haven't a problem with anti-virus stability using WatchGuard for over two years."
"There are no areas for improvement. It does everything the consumer needs."
"The solution’s console management and scalability should be improved."
"The solution could have a more user-friendly interface."
"ESET Endpoint Antivirus can improve by having better EDR intelligence and automation. The EDR still needs lots of human interpretation. It can be better if add more intelligence to the EDR part of the endpoint protection."
"We are looking to move towards an EDR solution rather than EPP. EDR is a solution that can dynamically detect threats based on the process behavior. It would be better if this solution was an EDR and an EPP solution, this would increase security protection."
"It can be hard to set up if you need to customize it."
"They recently released an EDR integration. I hope they have more AI or intelligence filtering on the EDR events. Even though it has already got AI, but it is quite a different thing. So, they still have room to improve on the EDR part. This is one small piece that they need to improve. Otherwise, it is just fine."
"The product could have better integration with third-party products that would help extend functionality."
"The solution isn't what I would consider feature-rich."
"WatchGuard technical support requires a license."
"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."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 3rd in Anti-Malware Tools with 97 reviews while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is ranked 44th in Anti-Malware Tools. ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is rated 8.2, while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of ESET Endpoint Protection Platform writes "Easy to set up with good security and rapidly improving capabilities". 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 Endpoint Protection Platform is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity Complete and Fortinet FortiEDR, 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). See our ESET Endpoint Protection Platform vs. WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus report.
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