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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MikroTik Routers and Switches

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALatvian company MikroTik offers routers and switches.N/A

    WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AWatchGuard XTM is a firewall option, from WatchGuard Technologies.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of MikroTik Routers and Switches and WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    Feature
    MikroTik Routers and Switches
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    Ratings
    WatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Identification Technologies00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Visualization Tools00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Content Inspection00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    VPN00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    High Availability00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Proxy Server00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
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    MikroTik Routers and SwitchesWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
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    Cisco Routers
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    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
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    Cisco Routers
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    User Ratings
    MikroTik Routers and SwitchesWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MikroTik Routers and SwitchesWatchGuard XTM - Discontinued Product
    Likelihood to Recommend
    MikroTik
    MikroTik is suited for large companies that require advanced distributions in terms of contracted bandwidth, and in the same way, allows a single device to specify filtering and firewall rules without acquiring an additional device. There is a range for small companies which is more economical and less robust, but in case it's not necessary, such a strict control over the data consumption of the company is not a feasible solution.
    Incentivized
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    WatchGuard XTM comes in different models, so you can choose the model best suited for your company size. I think it works well in small as well as very large networks. I have not used this feature, but you can create a "FireCluster" to connect member devices of the same model if you need to put multiple WatchGuard XTMs in your environment. Coming from command line, it took a little adjusting to learn which screen to use to set up the different rules. Once you understand how to set up policies, it is simple to create more. New firewall administrators would appreciate the ease of creating policies, and expert administrators should find everything they need plus extra features.
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    Pros
    MikroTik
    • Affordable, it has more features compared to other brand at the same price.
    • Widely available, by today it's easy to obtained one, even online retailers sell it.
    • Highly customizable, you may write a powerful script to enhance the function.
    • Flexible, you can make different configuration approach based on you needs.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    • Proxy filter.
    • Link redundancy.
    • Security.
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    Cons
    MikroTik
    • Some of the wiki articles have not been updated or are not accurate enough. We spent a couple of days trying to find an example of implementing a mobile IPSec client solution. But once this has been implemented, it has been solid (always worked). A bigger community would help, and I am finding it hard to find the time to contribute to these articles.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    • Support can be hard to work with. While they are typically knowledgeable, there can be a language barrier. Also, most troubleshooting seems intrusive which is a problem in a production environment.
    • The throughput of the cheaper models leaves something to be desired.
    • Have had some issues running VOIP behind these, but have not been able to narrow down the issues to the phone provider or WatchGuard yet.
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    Usability
    MikroTik
    Almost perfect, despite some issue that need to be addressed by the manufacturer. If this issue has been addressed, a full 10 mark will be given.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
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    Support Rating
    MikroTik
    There is no SOC, NOC, where you can contact to try to resolve any difficulties. The problems that these devices have are solved largely through the community, with workaround alternatives, or if the support team responds to a request, the response times are too high for the current needs of technological communications.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
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    Alternatives Considered
    MikroTik
    Cisco Routers are one of the best in the market, however they are also very expensive and not suitable for a small deployment or any deployment which requires just a couple of routers. MikroTik on the other hand are less expensive and provides many features that you require for a small scale deployment. they fit in with the budget and do what you need them to.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    Again, WatchGuard is priced much lower than other vendors in its space. It may not have some of the bigger features such as Layer 7 awareness. It's more simple to manage and provides IT staff the time to work on other tasks versus time spent to create complex rule sets.
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    Return on Investment
    MikroTik
    • First of all it's cheaper than Cisco routers.
    • It has more functionality than Cisco routers that cost 4 times more.
    • It has a GUI. But it has CLI too.
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    WatchGuard Technologies
    • Easy to set up and connect firewalls
    • Easy to set up branch tunnels
    • Less time spent training
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