We performed a comparison between ESET Endpoint Protection Platform and WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, SentinelOne, ESET and others in Anti-Malware Tools."The most valuable features of this solution are, of course, the IPS/IDS, Intrusion Prevention, Intrusion Detection, and Antivirus."
"The overall security capability of the product is pretty reliable."
"It can scale as well."
"It has been working fine. It lets you know when it finds things. We didn't have any incident where the place had to shut down or was taken over by anything. We haven't had any issues that we know of."
"We do not have a domain structure yet but we can manage our client stations via this solution's managing interface. This means that we don't need to have any extra management platforms."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"This solution blocks the brand new malware threats."
"ESET provides good protection."
"I haven't a problem with anti-virus stability using WatchGuard for over two years."
"The pricing of the solution is okay. It's not the most expensive option."
"It is the most effective on non-encrypted traffic and it is able to determine some threats through deep packet inspection."
"The proactive feature is excellent, but I do not believe ESET will make any changes to this feature in the future."
"ESET Endpoint Antivirus could improve the mobile device experience by having more coverage."
"It would be useful if they could automate the deployment more."
"ESET Endpoint Security lacks some advanced functionalities and features which would be useful to be interconnected with the solutions we use, such as Microsoft 365."
"There are other features you can add on to help make the security stronger, however, they should offer better security even on a basic level."
"The solution’s console management and scalability should be improved."
"The detection could be better in ESET Endpoint Security. Sometimes it takes time to detect threats and might be because it's not holding all the memory. There are some features that have to mature. More features might be available in the higher-end product."
"The adware module could be improved."
"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."
"WatchGuard technical support requires a license."
"The solution isn't what I would consider feature-rich."
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ESET Endpoint Protection Platform is ranked 3rd in Anti-Malware Tools with 96 reviews while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is ranked 39th 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).
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