We performed a comparison between MetaDefender 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."I like the simplicity, the way it works out of the box. It's pretty easy to run and configure. The integration of the network devices with the ICAP server was easily done."
"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."
"It is the most effective on non-encrypted traffic and it is able to determine some threats through deep packet inspection."
"The documentation is not well written, and I often need to talk with support."
"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."
"The solution isn't what I would consider feature-rich."
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MetaDefender is ranked 17th in Anti-Malware Tools with 1 review while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is ranked 39th in Anti-Malware Tools. MetaDefender is rated 9.0, while WatchGuard Gateway AntiVirus is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of MetaDefender writes "Blocks malicious files , has a low false-positive rate". 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". MetaDefender is most compared with VirusTotal, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Symantec Content Analysis and Forcepoint ZT CDR (Zero Trust Content Disarm & Reconstruction), 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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