# WatchGuard Endpoint Security Reviews **Vendor:** WatchGuard **Category:** [Endpoint Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/endpoint-management) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 123 ## About WatchGuard Endpoint Security WatchGuard Endpoint Security solutions help you safeguard devices against cyber threats. WatchGuard EPDR and Advanced EPDR, our AI-powered flagship endpoint solutions, enhance your security posture by seamlessly integrating endpoint protection (EPP) with detection and response (EDR) capabilities alongside our Zero-Trust Application and Threat Hunting Services. All are tightly integrated within WatchGuard Cloud and ThreatSync, delivering valuable visibility and intelligence while fortifying cross-product detection and response (XDR). ## WatchGuard Endpoint Security Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **easy installation and user-friendly interface** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security, enhancing overall accessibility and efficiency. (3 reviews) - Users value the **real-time threat detection and protection** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security, ensuring constant safety and peace of mind. (3 reviews) - Users appreciate the **real-time threat detection** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security, ensuring constant protection against threats. (3 reviews) - Users praise the **robust cybersecurity protection** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security, ensuring constant safety and peace of mind. (2 reviews) - Users find the **ease of use** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security remarkable, appreciating its simple installation and integration. (2 reviews) - Integrations (2 reviews) - Users appreciate the **real-time threat detection** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security, ensuring constant protection against malware and ransomware. (2 reviews) - Users appreciate the **real-time threat detection** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security, ensuring constant protection against cyber threats. (2 reviews) - Threat Detection (2 reviews) - Users praise the **real-time threat detection and protection** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security for its swift and effective defense. (2 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **setup process complex** , especially those who are new to WatchGuard Endpoint Security. (1 reviews) - Users find the **setup process complex** , which can be challenging for newcomers to WatchGuard Endpoint Security. (1 reviews) - Users find the **difficult configuration** of WatchGuard Endpoint Security challenging, especially for those unfamiliar with the setup process. (1 reviews) - Users find WatchGuard Endpoint Security **too expensive** , yet some appreciate the presence of "Panda" during installation. (1 reviews) - Users find the **setup process complex** , which can be challenging for those unfamiliar with the system. (1 reviews) ## WatchGuard Endpoint Security Reviews ### 1. Easy Setup, Smart Notifications, and Reliable Performance **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel K. | System Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2026 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Easy to set up thanks to the ready-made templates and the GUI. It lets me receive only the most important notifications and handle simple automation tasks without hassle. Since I started using it, I haven’t run into any performance issues. The price is reasonable compared to others, especially considering the extra features. **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** It would be helpful to have filter settings for searching and sorting columns. You need to generate a report. **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** It’s not a problem for me. It helps me secure companies’ IT infrastructure by providing endpoint and server protection. ### 2. Simple, Best-in-Class Console with Strong Protection & Integrations **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bartłomiej P. | System Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 27, 2026 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Simple console - Cloud the best console i ever use. Protection and integrations with another WG product **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Price - to expensive for customers, still we can find "Panda" in product installation. **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** One Agent - simple installation, proctect all company with EPDR and XDR ThreatSync ### 3. Effortless Endpoint Protection with Seamless Integration **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chinthaka J. | Information Technology Manager, Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2025 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Watchguard has the main endpoint detection features covered at toplevel which is interesting to see. Its very easy to install and use. EDR features can be used daily and can be easily integrated with Entrar which is a plus. **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Nothin negative to speak of on a professional perstective. **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** The local scanning and integration is effortless to complete, saving a lot of human effort time during deployment. It looks to be very convinient as we can integrate authentication using Entrar ID ### 4. Reliable Solution for Protection **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rizkan M. | Systems Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2025 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** I like the realtime threat detection and protection feature of WatchGuard endpoint security. I like its ability to identify threats instantly like malware and ransomware. Also the user friendly interface makes it accessible for those without a deep it background which is a big bonus. **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** One thing I dislike about WatchGuard endpoint security is its setup process, which might feel a bit complex for users who are new. **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** This been a good tool for managing and securing our devices. It address key challenges in endpoint by providing a real time threat protection. Centralized control panel gives complete visibility into the security health of all endpoints and making it easy to monitor and manage devices. ### 5. The best results in corporate network environments. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adrián G. | Gerente de Operaciones MSSP, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2025 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** The suite is quite user-friendly, the synchronization of ThreatSync and incident management. **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Sometimes a bit of slowness in the application of processes and configuration changes. **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** None so far. I have used it forever. ### 6. Easy of use **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gilberto C. | Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2025 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** It keeps us protected and safe all the time **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** I don't have any topic that I don't like **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping my VPN connections secure ### 7. RECOVERY FROM A RANSOMWARE INFECTION **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paulo B. | Analista de infraestrutura PL, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 28, 2025 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** The SIEM, RISK ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER WITH PATCH MANAGER MODULE **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** THE SETUP OF RULES IS STILL A CHALLENGE FOR US EVEN WITH SUPPORT **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** CONTAMINATION RISKS ### 8. Reliable **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paolo P. | Encargado de Infraestructura TI, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2024 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Stability, centralized administration. **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** The part with teams having duplicate names must be improved. They must improve this part of it. **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** Advanced protection, etc. ### 9. Complete protection **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** nuno i. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 03, 2024 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Watchguard Endpoint Security give us all the tools to protect out endpoints, and it offers cool tools, like website blocking. It is the perfect tool for what we were looking for, it protects the endpoint against all major threats and also gives us the ability to confirm the endpoint are secured and updated. **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** At the moment we do not have any dislike about the product, since its features are what we need and espected. **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** Watchguard Endpoint Security product solved our problem with the need to protect our endpoint from malware, viruses, web surfing in website not permitted by our company and other online threats. ### 10. A perfect All In One Protection App Suite **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 03, 2022 **What do you like best about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** I have tried a lot of antiviruses products and this one is the best I've found **What do you dislike about WatchGuard Endpoint Security?** Too complicated uninstallation, it would be better to give the option via password to uninstall from the client in the uninstall is executed on the client and not via panel **What problems is WatchGuard Endpoint Security solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm an IT Manager in a logistic warehouse and two years ago we had an emotet, only Panda Antivirus (nowadays WatchGuard EPDR) through its artificial intelligence it discovered the virus and eradicated it from all the clients where it was installed in less than 1 hour. ## WatchGuard Endpoint Security Discussions - [How has WatchGuard Endpoint Security impacted your cybersecurity strategy, and what features do you find most useful?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-has-watchguard-endpoint-security-impacted-your-cybersecurity-strategy-and-what-features-do-you-find-most-useful) - [no](https://www.g2.com/discussions/adaptive-defense-360-watchguard-epdr-no) - 1 upvote - [View WatchGuard Endpoint Security pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/watchguard-endpoint-security/reviews/watchguard-endpoint-security-review-1477504?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-17+03%3A50%3A32+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=76662ccc-a001-421d-97dc-979b1fffdd51&secure%5Btoken%5D=b4bae8eeec18b4208d2dc1ff2e21d8fc7de28361187565d1c0575cb7b11cbfb3&format=llm_user) ## WatchGuard Endpoint Security Integrations - [Microsoft Intune Enterprise Application Management](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-intune-enterprise-application-management/reviews) ## WatchGuard Endpoint Security Features **Administration** - Compliance - Web Control - Application Control - Asset Management - Device Control **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization **Generative AI** - AI Text Summarization **Services - Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) ** - Managed Services **System Control** - Device Control - Web Control - Application Control - Asset Management - System Isolation **Functionality** - System Isolation - Firewall - Endpoint Intelligence - Malware Detection **Vulnerability Prevention** - Endpoint Intelligence - Firewall - Malware Detection **Analysis** - Incident Reports - Behavioral Analysis **Security Management** - Incident Reports - Security Validation - Compliance ## Top WatchGuard Endpoint Security Alternatives - [SentinelOne Singularity Endpoint](https://www.g2.com/products/sentinelone-singularity-endpoint/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (195 reviews) - [ESET PROTECT](https://www.g2.com/products/eset-protect/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (935 reviews) - [Sophos Endpoint](https://www.g2.com/products/sophos-endpoint/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (783 reviews)