We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Darktrace, Vectra AI, Check Point Software Technologies and others in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS)."The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint protection."
"It is less expensive than alternative firewalls."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability. The nice thing with the bigger vendors is that they're very good at scale."
"The technical is excellent."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"Cisco products are very secure and integrate easily with other devices."
"The security is very good."
"The most important feature of this solution is the SLAs."
"The initial setup was straightforward and, because we only need intrusion detection and prevention, we needed only about four hours to deploy it."
"The alarm system is valuable."
"It works right out of the box. You just have to enable it and you can start working."
"The VPN and the filtering features are the most valuable. Its VPN is very strong, and its services are very nice. The main problem in India is the service. There are not enough Check Point and Fortinet Firewall services, but for this product, the service is very good."
"The solution’s setup process could be better."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"We have a very bad experience on the support. They take too much time requesting logs, and they are not coming directly online to resolve the issues."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"Its graphical user interface could be improved because not everybody is technical. There is a lack of knowledge, and they can give some training for this solution."
"The user interface and configuration can be improved."
"I would like to see faster automatation."
"Regarding technical support, they could use more engineers."
"Multi properties could be added to the solution in the future to make it better."
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Cisco IOS Security is ranked 11th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 47 reviews while WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is ranked 31st in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 5 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is rated 6.6. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service writes "Good VPN and filtering features, 100% stable, but needs a better graphical user interface and more training". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS and Netgate pfSense, whereas WatchGuard Intrusion Prevention Service is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate IPS and Cisco Sourcefire SNORT.
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